Church of St Tegfedd is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 November 1980. A Victorian Church.

Church of St Tegfedd

WRENN ID
pale-flue-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 November 1980
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Source
Cadw listing

Description

The church is built of squared rock faced blocks of local sandstone, mostly typical of Victorian work, and is roofed with stone slates with ridge tiles. Nave, with gabled west porch and chancel, all small and extremely plain. The porch has an apparently C17 principal rafter truss with two tiers of purlins, and the porch as a whole may date from then or have been rebuilt using the existing roof. The door within the porch is C17 or older, of four panels with strips applied over the joints; this is in an altered chamfered arch of which at least the head is rebuilt. The east gable of the nave has two bells set in an alcove above the porch gable. These are said to be dated 1705 and 1876. Bargeboards to the steeply pitched roof. The south wall of the nave has three, possibly C17, 2-light chamfered windows with lattice panes. The north wall has two lancets, the outer ones genuine, the centre one a copy. The chancel has a slightly lower ridge and lesser roof pitch. The south wall has a priest's door and a 2-light window. The north wall has a lancet. The east wall was not rebuilt and has a 3-light window with arched lights under a square head and hood which may date from 1541.

The inscribed chancel arch explains the history of the present building. The interior is wholly plastered and painted except for the stone of the semi-circular keyed and chamfered chancel arch. Many of the fittings and the arch braced collar roofs are of 1875-6, but earlier features include a range of early C19 box pews on the north side. This is a rare survival in south Wales. The font is possibly medieval, but the parts do not seem to fit together, and the pulpit is C18. There are a number of fine C18 wall monuments with well-cut lettering, including a particularly good one to David Williams, died 1729.

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