Church of Saint David is a Grade II* listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1970. A Medieval Church.

Church of Saint David

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 May 1970
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of Saint David is a Grade II* listed building constructed from rubble stone and topped with red Bridgwater-tile roofs. It features a nave and chancel, a west bellcote, an added west porch, and a lean-to on the north side. The short square nave measures approximately 9 meters across and has walls that are about 90 centimeters thick. It includes a 2-light 19th-century south window, a plain roundel on the west side, and a tiny arched light on the north. The bellcote, which is squat and gabled, has an opening for a single bell. The west porch has an arch made of three stones and a plaque commemorating restoration work from 1925. Inside, there are stone seats and a slate floor.

The chancel, measuring around 5.2 meters square, has a similar 2-light south window and a small pointed window on the north side. The east end of the chancel is devoid of windows but features a blocked pointed door with a brick head to the left. The nave's exposed rubble walls were previously plastered, and a west door uncovered in 1907 has an arched head on the inside, set within a wider arch made of stone voussoirs, which may be Norman but lacks datable features. The east end of the nave has a full-height recess with an inserted chancel arch, although the rough imposts are likely original. There is also a north door leading to the lean-to vestry, and the south window shows the brick head of an earlier 19th-century window. The chancel has plastered walls and thinner masonry than the nave, except on the north side. The roofs are supported by tie-beam trusses with wishbone struts, dating from the 19th or early 20th century.

Notable fittings include stained glass in both south windows by Dom Theodore Baily, each depicting two figures against a background of pale-colored quarries. The nave's 2-light window, created after 1924, features a bishop and a king, while the chancel's 2-light window, made after 1922, shows two female saints. The tiny north window of the nave has colored glass quarries, and the small pointed light in the chancel north side depicts a fish in bright colors, along with trees and a star in the west roundel. A large ashlar font by Eric Gill from the early 20th century has a chamfered deep square bowl on a trefoil-plan shaft, with column shafts at the angles featuring spiral decoration. The bowl has a lip on the north side with an oval hollow. The nave altar is made of rough alabaster blocks, while the chancel altar is a later 20th-century trapezoid, free-standing. Above the chancel arch is a rood beam with a depiction of the Crucifixion, along with figures of Saints Mary and John, carved in Oberammergau.

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