Robeston Wathen Church is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 June 1971. House.
Robeston Wathen Church
- WRENN ID
- pale-pedestal-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Robeston Wathen Church, Llawhaden
- OS grid reference
- SN 084 157
- Coordinates
- 51.80746, -4.77992
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Robeston Wathen Church features a prominent tower that serves as the entrance, along with a nave, chancel, south transept, and a large 19th-century north aisle. The church is constructed from local gritstone, which is hammer-dressed and generally laid in irregular courses, though the chancel masonry is more regularly coursed. The roofs are covered with slate, and all the windows were restored in the 19th century in a Perpendicular style.
The tower has straight walls with no noticeable batter and includes a stair turret that slightly projects on the north and west sides. It is topped with a crenellated parapet supported by a corbel table, except around the stair turret. The roof is hipped with a short ridge and features a weathercock. There are belfry openings on all four sides, and above the west door, there is a pair of flat-headed lights. The door arch is equilateral pointed, chamfered, and consists of two orders.
Access to the church is through the tower, aligned with the nave. The base of the tower has a pointed vault that opens fully to the nave, while the second and third floors of the tower are made of timber. Inside, there is a water stoup at the entrance, and marks in the tower base indicate where stairs once led to a west gallery. The 19th-century north aisle is similar in width to the nave and extends over the chancel. The small south transept now serves as a Lady Chapel and has a slate floor. There are two steps leading up to the chancel arch and two more to the sanctuary, which features patterned quarry tiling. The altar, made of 17th-century oak, is located in the sanctuary. Throughout the church, the timber ceilings are canted timber barrel vaults with exposed tie-beams and king-posts.
Most of the stained glass dates from the late 19th-century restoration and is in a deteriorating condition. The east window is dedicated to the memory of Archdeacon Clark, and there is a notable early 20th-century window on the south side of the chancel. The windows in the north aisle serve as memorials to servicemen.
At the entrance beneath the tower stands the font, which is circular and designed with multiple arches in black marble, believed to be from the 17th century.
Local climate
Robeston Wathen Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow 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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