Church of St. Bride is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 January 1956. A Medieval Church.
Church of St. Bride
- WRENN ID
- salt-glass-curlew
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1956
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St. Bride is a Grade II* listed building constructed from local red sandstone rubble, with Victorian alterations that appear more random in character. Only the gable copings and the bell-cote are made of ashlar. The roof is covered with stone slates, although the nave and porch were re-roofed with artificial stone slates in the 1990s. The church features a small nave with a west bell-cote, a chancel, and a west porch.
The west gable wall of the nave has a noticeable batter on both sides, and the south-west corner is a Victorian rebuild. The porch has a sharply pointed gable and a less sharply pointed entrance arch with a hollow chamfer and stopped hoodmould, topped with a coped gable. The bell-cote, made of ashlar, has two arched openings and a gabled top with an apex cross. The south wall includes a trefoil-headed lancet in the rebuilt section where the south porch was located, as well as a three-light window to the right. The north wall features two two-light trefoil-headed windows; this wall was previously blind before the Victorian restoration. Both gables are coped and have apex crosses, with the east gable also featuring one.
Inside, the church is fully plastered and painted. The nave roof consists of closely set couples with collars, while the chancel has a wagon roof; both roofs are Victorian, as is the plain chancel arch. The chancel screen was created in 1931 using remnants of the medieval screen. A 12th-century Norman font with ropemould decoration is present, along with a reredos featuring two fine 15th-century alabaster panels, Victorian benches, and an 18th-century pulpit. There are three unusual and well-preserved 17th-century monuments with naïve lettering commemorating the local Jones family, including a large detailed inscription dated 1624 and another undated inscription that reads, "THEE THERE IS NONVPONENA CVMPARISED VNTO THEE CRISHT ALON IS MY REDIMER."
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