Church of St Canna is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1963. Church.

Church of St Canna

WRENN ID
calm-jade-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 February 1963
Type
Church
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Canna is constructed from local limestone in large random rubble, resembling vertical crazy paving, with probable Bath stone dressings and Welsh slate roofs. It features a simple nave with a west bell-cote, a south porch, a chancel, and a north chancel vestry or schoolroom.

The nave has a three-light window on the left and a two-light window on the right of the central gabled porch, which includes a Tudor arched doorway with a medieval statue niche above, a coped gable, and a cross. The windows are lancet type with trefoil heads arranged in line. The east and west gables are coped, with a double bell-cote on the west gable and a cross on the east. There is a tall lancet window with a trefoil head in the west gable, along with two two-light windows on the north wall. Fragments of 11th and 12th-century gravestones are embedded in the south and west walls of the chancel.

The chancel has a lower roofline, featuring a coped east gable and cross. It includes a single-light window in the south wall and a stepped three-light window in the east wall. The north wall is entirely covered by an almost equally gabled vestry or schoolroom, which also has a three-light window in the east. The north wall features a single-light window and a tall chimney, with a Tudor arched doorway and trefoil above on the west gable.

Internally, parts of the medieval walls appear to survive, along with a mural stair leading to the rood-loft, which has upper and lower doors, though the upper door may have been replaced in the Victorian era. The lower door serves as the entry to the schoolroom. Most of the interior is Victorian, except for the chancel arch, a 12th-century tub font on a 19th-century base, three 18th-century wall tablets, one of which commemorates John Thomas and is dated 1764, signed by Henry Wood of Bristol, and a notable slate benefactions board. The nave features a scissor brace roof, while the chancel has a three-bay arched brace collar roof. A chalice dated 1576 is said to exist, and the church register begins in 1488. Among the two bells, one is likely medieval, while the other is dated 1881.

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