Church of St David

The Church of St David is a largely 19th-century building, though with a history extending back to 1291 when it was associated with a Cistercian order. The church is constructed of rubble stone with purple Caerbwdy stone dressings, and has graded slates to the roofs, topped with a red terracotta ridge. It comprises a nave, chancel, and a north chapel. A small, coped west bellcote features a square opening. All windows are 19th century and framed in purple stone, including a pointed arched north door with a single lancet window on each side, similar lancets to each side of the north chapel, and a pair to the north end. The chancel has a stone cross finial at its east end, a canted passage between the chapel and the north wall, one small north lancet, and a triple lancet east window with a relieving arch. Two south side lancets and four to the nave’s south side are present, along with a two-light west window with a relieving arch. All lancet windows have cusped ogee heads.

Inside, the nave has a scissor-truss rafter roof with collars. There is a 19th-century pulpit, and the chancel and north chapel are accessed via plastered pointed arches. The north chapel features a 19th-century roof, one wall plaque dated 1771, and inscribed grave slabs to the floor. The chancel has a panelled wagon roof, a built-in seat in the southeast window, and a piscina. The east window contains stained glass dating from 1903. At the west end stands a plain octagonal medieval stone font on a 19th-century circular base.

Pre-restoration descriptions refer to a timber bellcote and a timber south porch.

The church is set within a large, open churchyard enclosed by rubble stone walls. An iron gate is located on the north side, set between square piers with stopped caps. The churchyard contains numerous headstones, some table tombs, and two enclosed within iron railings. A low table tomb to Henry Whiteside (died 1826), the designer of Smalls lighthouse, is located south of the church.