Church of St Cadfan

A single-cell church with no exterior differentiation between nave and chancel, in local stone, rendered, with freestone dressings; to which C19 additions of rather different character (belfry, porch and vestry by Benjamin Lay) have been made in quasi-coursed rock-faced gritstone with freestone dressings. Slate roof with tile ridge and cross finial at east.

The east window is two-centred Perpendicular, with three main lights and tracery lights above, retaining much original stonework. The windows to north and south are all of the C19 restoration, single or double lights with trefoil heads and labels with head terminals to the labels. Main entrance arch in blue bricks. The west elevation is plain.

On the west face of the vestry is a recent slate memorial to William Jones, d.1795, poet, critic and local historian, interred in this churchyard.

The church is entered by the south porch. In the nave to the left of the door is a mediaeval stoup corbelled from the wall. The nave is plain with two banks of plain pews. Quarry tile floor. Barrel ceiling (concealing the mediaeval roof). Small projecting understructure of the belfry at west, with pointed door. On the west wall is a benefactions board (in English). C19 bowl-shaped Gothick font in grey freestone at west.

Small chancel defined by an arch inserted in the C19 restoration and by a timber boarded ceiling incorporating carvings of the former gallery. Pulpit (1645) at left (moved from opposite side in C19). Hardwood altar rail on decorative iron standards.

The concealed roof is reported to be arch-braced with cusped struts and windbraces, tenoned purlins and no ridge beam.