church 19th century parish church near village north wales built replaced needed significant repair providing place anglican worship nearer village old church items moved old church including 13th century font bells 14th 15th century thought hold remains tower west end described heavy looking like water tower church worship group parishes south grade listed building national designation given buildings special interest warrant effort preserve particular regarded distinctive example pre archaeological gothic revival work 19th century clergyman antiquarian said built style showing architectural science taste history location church built replacing medieval predecessor architect designed church central built originally intended west tower added chancel built organ chamber added later tower added replacing original set walled churchyard north road south wales village metres mile south west old church metres half mile south east new church needed old church needed significant repair growth meant people lived like predecessor dedicated 7th century welsh saint monastery eastern tip worship churches combined parishes combined priest parish diocese priest charge architecture fittings built mainly red rubble dressed sandstone buttresses corners roof slate stone cross east end church built cross shape early english style tower west end clock east west sides middle entrance porch arched doorway leading nave north south chancel east end equal bold arches crossing nave chancel meet quadrant shaped organ room built eastern external angles chancel church gallery west end nave supported octagonal columns reached entrance porch set angle step leads nave chancel steps chancel sanctuary floor chancel sanctuary tiles internal walls nave bays lit window groups large windows east end building chancel window depicts faith hope charity butler dedicated 5th lord boston died set windows hunt depicts ascension memory died wife vicar sandstone chest glass moved old church local tradition maintains holds relics discovered altar old church date 16th century church pine semi octagonal pulpit decorated panels survey ancient historical monuments wales noted church contents come old church report listed font carved decoration dates early 13th century bells half 14th century inscribed 15th century inscribed thomas meredith carved oak chair time charles_ii survey church plate diocese recorded silver dish donated probably remade silver silver handles marked date records 19th century indicated silver silver lost churchyard contains grave sir 1st years grave church north wall bust politician wearing wing collar people buried include presbyterian minister theologian died commonwealth war graves british_army soldier world war soldiers world war assessment church national recognition statutory protection alteration designated grade listed building lowest grades listing designating buildings special interest warrant effort preserve given status january listed small early 19th century church body responsible built heritage wales inclusion welsh buildings statutory lists describes church distinctive example pre archaeological gothic revival work writing clergyman antiquarian condemned treatment old church said largest important island given architecture contents traditions said new church built style showing architectural science taste example analogy ecclesiastical age present described pile impressive example architectural bad taste said font interesting work art later thirteenth century extent consider design execution matched font church highly valuable specimen medieval taste added unique far wales concerned 19th century writer said new church apparently substantial construction inferior style old building historian clergyman writing survey church architecture contents described church said font remarkable graceful patterns relief showing influence greek classical design guide churches says fairly unusual appearance typical churches stonework shape tower comments organ unusually shaped rooms notes ornate stained glass ascension guide buildings region says church similarly designed church describes tower heavy like water tower adds seating crowded
St Nidan's Church, Llanidan