Parish Church of St Faith is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 January 1956. Church.
Parish Church of St Faith
- WRENN ID
- calm-brass-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1956
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Nave, chancel which is stepped down and narrower, south porch and north vestry. Built of local rubble with tiled roof and freestone parapets with crucifix finial to east; nave has central octagonal ventilator. 3-light Geometric east window and cusped lancets to chancel south side flanking a late-Perp round-headed priest's door. Vestry to north has chamfered, dressed stone doorway. Nave has cusped 2 and 3-light windows with Tudor labels. At the south-east corner of the nave is a square chimney stack with muscular Victorian detailing. The south porch has timber gates, wagon roof and four-centred inner arch; retains an ex situ tombstone dated 1697. North side of nave has possible blocked round-headed window. Battered west end with pointed arch doorway which pierces the frame to the 3-light reticulated west window and incorporates trefoiled spandrels. Twin bellcote retaining bells.
Chancel has carved reredos with floral and fruit carving to cornice and spandrels. C18 wall monuments. Victorian barrel ribbed roof and similar to nave. Victorian chancel arch. Brass plaque on north nave wall commemorating the restoration of the church by Crawshay Bailey. East window dated 1872 and the west window of 1906 by J Jennings of London.
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