Cathedral of St Davids is a Grade I listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 March 1963. A Medieval Church, cathedral. 1 related planning application.
Cathedral of St Davids
- WRENN ID
- distant-rafter-sparrow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1963
- Type
- Church, cathedral
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Cathedral of St Davids is a building of group value, containing outstanding monuments. The nave houses memorials to Bishop Morgan, who died in 1506, and Bishop Gower, who died in 1347. Within the south transept are fragments of carved stonework dating from the 10th or 11th century, indicative of Celtic origins. The presbytery contains the altar tomb of Edmund Tudor, who died in 1456, an altar tomb commissioned by Henry VIII. The choir aisles display various 13th-century effigies, including one reputedly of Gerald of Wales.
Significant later additions include painted roofs in the crossing and presbytery, created by Sir G G Scott in the post-medieval period. The east end features Salviati mosaics and stained glass by Hardman installed in the lower and upper lancet windows, alongside a vault in the Lady Chapel designed by W D Caroe between 1897 and 1903. A stained glass window in the west wall dates from around 1920.
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