church church referred church medieval parish church village north wales established church area 6th century oldest parts present building date 14th century subsequent alterations include addition windows 15th century chancel porch 19th century nave walls largely rebuilt stained glass inserted windows chancel church contains 6th century inscribed stone found near village medieval font 17th century decorated wooden panels oxford connected church owns pieces 19th century church silver dated lost time 19th century 18th century gallery west end rests oak previously support church worship combined parish vicar parish september grade listed building national designation given particularly important buildings special interest particular regarded good example late medieval church character maintained late 19th century restoration rebuilding work retaining medieval fabric windows history location village wales miles port town known welsh variant spelling recorded welsh son grandson 6th century king appears knights king arthur collection medieval welsh prose tales established church area 6th century site half mile away present building means church pen means head excavations early 1970s revealed cemetery 5th 6th century village takes saint welsh prefix means dwelling present building stands churchyard centre north church street medieval origin later additions alterations oldest nave described essentially 14th century rebuilt restoration work architect diocese churches rebuilt restored 19th century remained untouched kennedy responsible work carried 1840s 1890s north wall rebuilt tops windows feet south wall left work nave windows inserted 15th century chancel east end porch south west corner chapel north east corner nave added extensive work cost worship anglican church wales parish churches combined churches incumbent priest september church diocese church time ecclesiastical daughter church right patronage power appoint rector associated churches right receive income church bequeathed jesus college oxford college patron parish welsh church act came force church wales writer noted college fund support poor clergy recently paid new recorded college received rent charge shillings year parish instead receiving college donated restoration work architecture fittings construction layout built perpendicular style local stone blocks cut sandstone external face roof slate stone west end bell dating probably 17th century external south east nave help support weight building crosses roof porch east end nave chancel roofs church entrance arched outer doorway porch 15th century pointed inner door set square frame described architectural guide roof porch medieval wood nave bays measures feet inches feet inches gallery west end supported oak date inscribed according 19th century writer old previously rested beams supporting gallery late medieval internal roof exposed chancel feet raised steps nave separated victorian pointed arch victorian arch nave north second steps leading chancel sanctuary east end decorated tiles welsh words wash passion away innocence altar lord windows windows south nave west porch set pointed frame square frames middle easternmost date originally 15th century 19th century north pointed doorway early 14th century 19th century window west 15th century windows lights sections window separated east west wall 15th century window chancel east window 15th century lights headed leaf pattern decorated 19th century glass depicting ascension south chancel north 19th century windows south chancel window lights headed leaf pattern geometric patterns glass east south chancel stained glass memory wife son daughter died mid-19th century priest vicar parish predecessors lower position depicted luke gospel receives jesus family visit birth jesus event celebrated presentation jesus temple north light window north depicting windows lights east west sides window fittings pieces 17th century possibly dutch origin panel screen nave chancel decorated carved flowers fruit leaf screen altar carved upper section rectangular pulpit reading desk communion rail table panels communion rail set wooden columns decorated fruit flowers topped long decorated leaf panels came possibly college chapel renovated architect disused gallery library previously ran tops chapel college described chancel containing startling panels fashion heavily stone dating 6th century inscribed kept discovered excavations site font medieval date plain octagonal bowl set octagonal column memorials include memorial officer died tablet style slate tablet army officer died survey ancient historical monuments wales noted oak communion table oak chairs simple design early 18th century memorials inside outside church 17th 18th centuries survey church plate diocese recorded silver items plain dated dated inscribed author noted church records included mention silver dated references longer found churchyard churchyard contains war grave royal field artillery soldier world war assessment church national recognition statutory protection alteration designated grade listed building second highest grades listing designating particularly important buildings special interest given status april regarded good example late medieval church character maintained late 19th century restoration rebuilding work retaining medieval fabric windows welsh government body responsible built heritage wales inclusion welsh buildings statutory lists notes finely detailed fittings including chancel screen pulpit reading desk 17th century carved panels late 18th century gallery west end descriptions church stood kennedy rebuilding antiquarian described church small ancient structure displaying good architectural details noted contained fine monuments members local families welsh politician church historian sir visited church said church little superior size architecture churches added neat state commented neat uniform clergyman antiquarian wrote church good work details doors windows carefully elaborated compared east window mary church noted east wall beneath window
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