Church of St Trunio

The Church of St Trunio is a building of group value, originally dating from the 15th century, with earlier elements. It comprises a long, single-celled nave and chancel, with a rebuilt belltower over the west end. A north aisle and chapel were formerly present. A south porch is situated in the second bay from the west end, and the south wall features sloping buttresses angled at the east end. The east end of the south wall has a 3-light square-headed window, replicated on the north wall during a 1859 restoration. The east window is characterised by reticulated tracery. A small, chamfered light is set high in the north wall of the chancel, with a similar window blocked at the west end. A single bay of a blocked late 12th-century arcade exists along the north wall, featuring a round arch on low, round columns with square, chamfered capitals, one of which is carved. A trefoil-headed piscina, originally from the lost north chapel, has been reset on the north chancel wall.

The south door is from the 12th century, with two plain orders. The church interior is colourwashed with a plaster ceiling following the rafters and collars. A central tie beam is present, and truss brackets support the raised sanctuary, which is paved with encaustic tiles. A west gallery, extended in 1829, has a panelled front with painted inscriptions commemorating benefactions. The floor is stepped, with five ranges of 19th-century pews, though some are of the 18th or early 19th century.

A window on the northwest side, dating from 1925, depicts the Revd. Thomas Browne Vaughan and the subject of Christ appearing to men of Galilee.

The church has a 17th-century baluster sanctuary rail and a carved oak reredos, extended to the side walls in a similar style in 1891. The remainder of the church is fitted with 19th-century dado panelling and pews from 1870. A 17th-century, vigorously carved, part-octagon pulpit stands on a step. A reader's desk incorporates a 17th-century carved panel set within 19th-century corniced work, along with part of a carved splay baluster rail inscribed "M.I.D 1689,” formerly part of a screen destroyed in 1729. A 19th-century oak lectern is also present. The font is late 12th century and arcaded, with segmental arches reflected below the column bases. Two 17th-century carved armchairs stand at the east end. The bell dates from 1661, donated by Richard Griffiths of Trederwyn Hall and Robert Evans of New Hall.

A brass memorial to William Evans of New Hall (1748) is housed in a contemporary eared frame. A marble tablet commemorates Archdeacon Thomas, rector and historian, dating from 1918.

Within the porch are fragments of 9th- to 10th-century stone, one carved with a 4-cord double bead plait, the other with a triangular key fret. A stone commemorating Robert Richards and Richard Edwards, dated 1729, is also present. A similar fragment incorporating a key pattern, formerly two, is built into the north chancel wall.

Historically significant, the church was originally dedicated to St Trunio, a 7th-century Breton confessor, and later conflated with SS Peter and Paul, likely due to the shared festival day of June 29th.