Church of St Tyfie and St Faith is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1970. House.
Church of St Tyfie and St Faith
- WRENN ID
- lone-vestry-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Church of St Tyfie and St Faith, Lamphey Village, Lamphey
- OS grid reference
- SN 015 004
- Coordinates
- 51.66793, -4.87133
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Tyfie and St Faith is a Grade II listed building featuring a nave and chancel under one continuous roof, along with a porch and a small transept on the south side and a larger transept on the north side. The church is constructed from local masonry arranged in irregular courses. The roofs are covered with large slates and have crested tile ridges, as well as stone gable-parapets. A cross finial is located at the eastern end, and all rainwater heads are dated 1870. There are signs of a blocked doorway visible at low level in the north wall of the nave.
At the west end, there is a tall tower with three storeys that has a slightly battered appearance and features a crenellated parapet supported by corbels. A stair turret is located at the northeast corner, projecting only on the north side. The tower's masonry is randomly coursed, with large stones used at the quoins. It has double belfry lights on the east and west sides, and single belfry lights on the north and south.
The chancel measures 5.5 meters long by 6.5 meters wide and contains two lancet windows that were re-set in the 19th century masonry. The nave, which is 11 meters long and the same width, has transepts that overlap the chancel. The north transept opens to the nave through an unusual arch that is an incomplete segment and connects to the chancel via a small squint. The south transept, now serving as a vestry, is also part of the structure. The tower at the west end is vaulted.
Inside, there are memorials, including a Gothick one dedicated to Charles Mathias, who died in 1831. Notably, there is an exceptional Norman font of cushion type, featuring three lobes and a band of six-pointed stars carved on each face. The font is supported by a short round column with cable-moulding at the top and bottom, resting on a square base that sits on a modern octagonal step. Traces of whitewash can still be seen.
The churchyard wall is built up to the corners of adjacent buildings, including a school and a bakery. It is made of rubble stonework with a coping of spaced upright stones set in mortar. At the northwest corner, there is a modern lychgate in memory of Anthony Mathias, which consists of two stone piers with a simple moulding and an oak roof, covered with slates taken from Lamphey Court.
Local climate
Church of St Tyfie and St Faith sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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