Church of St Cybi is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 June 1964. Church.

Church of St Cybi

WRENN ID
shadowed-chamber-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 June 1964
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Cybi, Llangybi, Lampeter
OS grid reference
SN 608 531
Coordinates
52.15919, -4.03562
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Cybi is a Grade II listed building constructed from rubble stone and topped with a slate single roof. It features a nave, chancel, west porch, and a bellcote added in 1890. The nave has two earlier 19th-century pointed windows on each side, which include recessed stone voussoirs, small-paned glazing, and Gothick intersecting bars in the heads. Under the eaves, there are ends of possibly ancient oak horizontal beams. The west end has a gabled porch with a slate roof and a pointed arch. Inside the porch is a pointed doorway that mirrors the nave windows with similar recessed voussoirs, leading to a ledged door. The bellcote, made of stone and ashlar, is coped with a cross on the ridge. The chancel walls are slightly recessed and windowless on the sides, featuring a stone cross from 1890 on the east side. The east end has a large pointed window with an ashlar surround and a hoodmould, which was removed from Betws Bledrws church and has a keystone dated 1850 or 1856. There is also a lean-to north vestry with a timber window and a west door.

Inside, the church has whitewashed plastered walls and a three-sided nave and chancel roof lined with 20th-century softboard. It features moulded plaster cornices and a broad chancel arch that appears to be made of softboard on studwork. The mid-19th-century box pews have Tudor-arched timber rails, and there is a later 19th-century timber pulpit. The stained glass window on the east side, created in 1854 by Thomas Ward of London, is likely designed by his partner Henry Hughes. It is a notable example of 14th-century style design with strong lines, depicting three scenes in octofoil panels: the Resurrection, Crucifixion, and Nativity. This window was originally the east window of Betws Bledrws and was removed during the restoration in 1886. The church also contains a plain octagonal font, which is said to be medieval but appears to be modern.

Local climate

Church of St Cybi sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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