Church of St Curig

The Church of St Curig is a largely 18th-century building, though with fabric of earlier dates. It is constructed from roughly coursed lias limestone rubble, with more carefully squared stone used on the north vestry. The roof is covered in Welsh slate with colour banding, and some modern patching. The church comprises a nave, chancel, south porch, a square, unbuttressed west tower, and a north vestry. The nave is wider than the tower.

The south wall features a partly Victorian, gabled porch built of blue lias, containing a fine mid-18th century six-panel door with raised-and-fielded panels. To the right of the porch is a single light window with a cusped head and dripmould. Further along is a larger, rectangular window, seemingly inserted into a larger window opening, which resembles a 17th-century style. The gables are coped, with the east gable being noticeably higher than the chancel. On the south wall of the chancel is a blocked pointed arch priest's door, with a single light, pointed window to the right. The east gable has a two-light window, with trefoil heads and a quatrefoil above, which is a Victorian restoration of a 15th-century original. A coped gable with an apex cross sits above the window. The north wall is blank. The projecting, Victorian vestry at the east end of the north wall features a single light window facing east, and two facing north. The north wall of the nave is blind. The west tower has three stages and a pointed arch entrance on its west wall. Above the entrance is a 15th-century two-light window with a dripmould, serving the ringing chamber. A small, louvred opening is located on the south wall, providing access to the stair. The bell-chamber has a plain, single, louvred opening on each face. The tower is topped with a restored castellated parapet resting on corbels.

The interior is wholly plastered and painted, making it impossible to verify claims that the chancel arch was rebuilt in brick in 1867. A timber chancel screen, largely rebuilt and featuring simple Perpendicular tracery and linenfold panelling, remains. An octagonal stone font is also present. The tower arch appears to be a later break-through with simple mouldings. The furnishings are Victorian. A fine, early 17th-century incised grave slab, bearing excellent lettering for Reynolde Portrey, who died in 1629, is set into the north wall. The principal rafters of the roof were replaced in 1867 when the thatch was removed. The church holds six bells, dated 1550, 1695, 1695, 1879, 1950, and 1950.