Church of St Paulinus is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 February 1999. A Victorian Church.

Church of St Paulinus

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 February 1999
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Address
Church of St Paulinus, Ystradffin, Llandovery, Llanfair-Ar-Y-Bryn
OS grid reference
SN 787 470
Coordinates
52.10833, -3.77165
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Paulinus is an Anglican church built from rubble stone and topped with a slate roof. It features a west porch and a small west bellcote, both also covered in slate. The church consists of a single chamber with a large square-headed window at the east end and another in the center of the south wall. These windows are adorned with cut sandstone voussoirs and hoodmoulds. The glazing dates from 1900 and consists of three lights with two transoms and small panes, while the top lights include Gothic tracery. The bellcote has a single arched opening that houses a bell from 1897.

The porch has a pointed entry with stone voussoirs and a plastered interior that features an early 19th-century roof truss similar to those found in the church, along with two early 19th-century benches. Inside, the single chamber is whitewashed plaster with an early 19th-century five-bay roof supported by collar-trusses, apex struts, and bolted arched braces to the collars, with boarding behind the rafters. The church contains early 19th-century wooden altar rails with stick balusters, square posts, and a moulded rail. There is also an earlier 19th-century five-sided timber pulpit with Gothic panels and a moulded cornice above, along with similar panels on a slightly broader base and a matching reading desk. Late 19th-century open back benches are present, as well as a 20th-century enclosed vestry located at the southwest corner, which has a bier stored above.

Local climate

Church of St Paulinus sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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