Church of St. Gwendoline is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 December 1995. Church.
Church of St. Gwendoline
- WRENN ID
- tilted-loggia-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1995
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St. Gwendoline, Llyswen, Bronllys
- OS grid reference
- SO 133 380
- Coordinates
- 52.03369, -3.26473
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St. Gwendoline is a modest 19th-century church with medieval origins, located in an oval churchyard. Its early site in Llangoed Park was given to the See of Llandaf around 560 AD. The current structure is mainly the result of extensive rebuilding by Charles Buckeridge in 1862-1863, transforming a small 2-cell Norman and 15th-century church at a cost of £997.9s. The nave was lengthened, and a tower was added to replace the earlier saddle-back bellcote. The original stone south porch was also replaced with a timber-framed structure.
The exterior features squared sandstone rubble with a tiled roof, which replaced the original stone roof in 1964. The tower has a pyramidal stone slate roof. The church consists of two cells, the nave and chancel, with a west tower and an open timber-framed south porch. It has two-light windows with plate tracery and cinquefoils in the spandrels under hood moulds, along with chamfered lancets in the chancel and triple lancets at the east end. The tower has larger lancets and a two-light west window. Coped gables on the nave and chancel each carry a stone cross.
Inside, the walls are plastered, and there is a trussed rafter roof. The plain pointed chancel arch is as wide as the chancel, which features a similar but lower trussed roof forming a barrel shape. Three tiled steps lead to the altar at the east end, and the tower arch has one chamfered order springing from imposts.
Notable fittings include a 12th-century font with a heavy hemispherical bowl set on a low stone column and base, a semi-circular limestone pulpit from the 19th century on the north side with incuse devices on the top drum, a sanctuary rail on iron stanchions, a wooden altar, and 19th-century pews. The east window serves as a war memorial, with figures in the north and south lancets, a gift from Mrs. Christie of Llangoed Hall, created by C. Edwards around 1946-1970. The tower houses a single bell dated 1666.
The church is included for its picturesque setting in relation to the village and its modest 19th-century architecture with medieval roots.
Local climate
Church of St. Gwendoline sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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