church church small 19th century parish church village north wales church site built present building site dates designed rector time earlier material including decorated 15th century doorway 17th century bell church worship seven churches combined parish grade listed building national designation given buildings special interest warrant effort preserve particular regarded simple late 19th century essay gothic revival history location church steep hill near coast eastern mile village village takes parish church welsh word originally meant enclosure church modified form saint surrounded churchyard entered dated bears memorial 3rd baron stanley patron church according 19th century historian church built dedicated lived sea shore nearby presence church recorded taxation repairs carried 1840s 19th century writer recorded internal state extreme rural dean time state repair rector church entirely rebuilt design use worship belongs seven churches combined diocese rector reverend architecture fittings built rubble masonry dressed roof slate stone west end stone cross east end roof church entered porch south leads doorway dating 15th century rounded doorway decorated figures bird dog human face left right inside nave separated chancel step sanctuary raised step chancel roof seen inside window east end lights vertical sections separated topped curves set pointed arch external contains stained glass added depicting christ sea background centre left right images lion dove lamb eagle stone bearing date set upside wall east window windows plain smaller lights glass windows described unusual glass fittings late 19th century octagonal font uncertain date possibly 14th century bell dated survey ancient historical monuments wales recorded presence 18th century communion table cover dated silver cup dated churchyard churchyard contains commonwealth war graves soldier world war officer world war assessment national recognition statutory protection alteration designated grade listed building lowest grades listing designating buildings special interest warrant effort preserve given status january listed simple late 19th century essay gothic revival welsh government body responsible built heritage wales inclusion welsh buildings statutory lists notes simple character appropriate scale site guide buildings region described rebuilt
St Dona's Church, Llanddona