Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 July 2003. A Victorian Church.
Church of St Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 July 2003
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building constructed from local white limestone random rubble, featuring Sutton stone dressings and Welsh slate roofs with sandstone copings. The church consists of a nave, chancel, south porch, and west tower.
The nave includes a three-light window on either side of the central gabled porch, with lights that have stilted arch heads and a dripmould above. The porch has a similar arch, gable coping, and a cross at the apex. The east gable is coped and also has a cross. On the north wall, there are two two-light windows of a similar design, and a Victorian buttress is located at the north-west corner.
The chancel features a priest's door on the south wall but lacks windows on both the south and north walls. The east gable is coped with a cross, and there is a two-light east window with pointed heads and a quatrefoil above, likely designed by Prichard.
The square tower exhibits a pronounced batter and long-and-short quoins, with its stonework more carefully coursed than the rest of the church, indicating it is likely a Victorian addition. The tower is plain until the bell stage, which has a two-light opening with louvres and a dripmould on each face, topped with a corbelled out and castellated parapet.
Inside, the church is predominantly Victorian in style, with all furnishings from that period except for a 12th-century tub font and several notable 18th-century wall memorials. The rood-stair is inaccessible, and both the Victorian tower arch and chancel arch are present, with a plain 12th-century arch set into the north wall around the more westerly window. There may be a 13th-century double piscina on the south wall. The nave features a six-bay arch braced collar roof, while the chancel has a waggon roof, both of which are Victorian. A plaster bust of John Griffiths, who served as Vicar from 1848 to 1855 and later became Archdeacon of Llandaff from 1877 to 1887, is also present.
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