Church of St. Ffraed

The Church of St. Ffraed is a Grade II* listed building, constructed primarily of rubblestone with some slate-hanging. The church features an impressive 14th-century west tower with a high battered base and a northeast stair tower. It has small sandstone cusped lights, mostly single, with a two-light east bell-opening. The west door is recessed in the base, framed by eroded sandstone and stone voussoirs, and there is a corbelled embattled parapet above.

The church, built in 1840, includes a three-bay single-roofed nave and chancel with coped gables. Each side has three long Tudor-arched two-light windows in the Perpendicular style, separated by raised pilaster piers at the ends and between. The east side features a similar three-light window, while the south side has been subsequently slate-hung. The window tracery is notably good for the period in this area. Three of the oldest gravestones are affixed to the exterior walls, commemorating Alban Thomas (died 1741) and Lewis Davies (died 1747) on the south wall, and Mary Evans (died 1770) on the east wall.

Inside, the church has a single chamber with a west gallery, a flat plastered ceiling adorned with a moulded cornice and two roses. The gallery features a timber front panelled in two long sections, supported by four fluted iron columns. There are two stained glass windows: the central south window (1973) depicts St Non, St David, and St Ffraed, while the east window (1975) illustrates the risen Christ, both created by Celtic Studios. The interior contains raked pews and a 20th-century organ in the gallery. The body of the church has grained box pews, and there is a Gothic wood pulpit and chancel fittings from 1929-30. Two Victorian hanging brass coronae are also present.

The font, dating from the 12th or 13th century, is made of pale stone and features an incised band of rosettes around a rectangular bowl with trapezoidal sides and chamfered angles. It has a circular stem and square base, resembling fonts found at Henfynyw and Betws Bledrws. A northeast stair leads to the tower, which has a cambered-arched entry to the gallery through two panelled doors. The medieval bell frame in the tower is designed to hold three bells, with a Victorian bell frame superimposed on it.