Church of St Brynach

The Church of St Brynach is a parish church dating from the 19th century and early 20th century, constructed of Preseli rubble stone with ashlar dressings and slate eaves roofs. The church comprises a small nave with a west bellcote, a north transept, a parallel north vestry, a south porch, and a chancel. The nave has a battered base excavated deep below ground level, and a west window with two lights and a trefoil in the head, a hoodmould, and stone voussoirs. A squat gabled bellcote sits above, featuring a single pointed opening. The south porch has 20th-century corner piers and a cemented arch. Inside the porch is a Tudor-arched inner door with a 19th-century board door. A small cusped lancet window is located on the south side, with stone voussoirs. The chancel also has a battered base, a cusped south single-light with stone voussoirs, a traceried two-light east window with a four-pointed star in the head and hoodmould, and a windowless north wall. A lean-to structure against the east wall of the north transept contains a squint passage. The north transept lacks any battering of the walls and features a two-light north window with a trefoil in the head and stone voussoirs. The vestry, located in the northwest angle, has a roof parallel to the nave roof, a square northwest angle pier, and a pair of rectangular lights with a small ogee point to each head.

The interior has whitewashed plastered walls, a red-tile floor, and plastered pointed arches leading to the chancel and north transept. The south door is set within a larger square-headed recess. The nave roof consists of four arch-braced collar trusses with hammer beams, including tracery in each apex. A boarded dado surrounds the walls, fitted in 1922. A medieval corbel is situated to the left of the chancel arch. The transept features two similar roof trusses, a broad cambered east arch to the squint passage, and a cambered-headed west door to the vestry. The vestry has a three-sided roof. Two steps lead up to the chancel, which contains a similar roof with two trusses and plain east dado panelling, with a cambered arch to the squint.

The church contains a square medieval font with chamfered angles, resting on a chamfered and stopped stem and a square base. Early 20th-century fittings include stations of the Cross (a 1902 copy by R. Cipriani of Florence depicting the late medieval Florentine painting of Madonna della Stella), an oak Gothic altar, an open-fronted pulpit, a reading desk, and a brass lectern, all gifts from Percy Arden in 1907. A brass altar rail is set upon openwork wrought iron scrolled uprights. A memorial recess is located in the south side of the chancel, featuring an iron grille and four stone shelves for urns containing ashes relating to the Rev. D.J. Evans and family. A brass plaque in the north nave commemorates Percy Arden (1840-1909), and a plaque in the north chancel remembers Caroline Arden Camm (died 1903). Stained glass by Heaton, Butler & Bayne dates from approximately 1898 to 1909; the east window (1898) depicts Christ as Redeemer and Sower, dedicated to R.E. Arden, the west window (1898) shows St. George and St. David to Mary Arden, a south single light (St. Paul) commemorates Evelyn Arden (died 1894), the north transept window depicts Christ in the Garden, in memory of Frank Arden (died 1902), and the chancel south single light portrays St. Brynach.