church church parish church countryside central north wales present building dates site worship 7th century doorway old carved 9th 11th centuries 12th century church grounds contain thought healing properties church named early celtic female saint church closed longer worship july sale grade listed building national designation given buildings special interest warrant effort preserve particular simple rural church 19th century older carved stonework history location church rural location middle north wales set hollow road near village miles south west county town date establishment church site uncertain according guide churches worship began 7th century 19th century writer stated supposed church founded site repair work carried medieval church site date original construction unknown current structure erected architects architect diocese dedication known wales cornwall welsh means fair beautiful means blessed daughter king siblings commemorated church church respectively spring south churchyard known according 19th century clergyman antiquarian resorted spring cure diseases church longer worship july offered sale surrounding land included sale rear church architecture fittings church built decorated style nave west end chancel east end built rubble masonry dressed roof slate edged stone porch west end south wall nave west end north wall chancel nave nave measures approximately feet inches feet inches chancel shorter narrower approximately feet feet inch total floor space church approximately square feet large west end nave containing bell arched doorway porch old carved 12th century cut head circle containing rough cross decorated key design shaft doorway dating 9th 11th centuries cross circle set right door inside steps lead nave chancel decorated chancel arch steps lead chancel sanctuary internal roof exposed window east wall chancel pointed arch lights sections window separated topped pattern overlapping circles nave windows pointed arches variously lights topped windows contain coloured glass stained glass pictures circular stone font dates 12th century set modern base panels decorated carvings crosses knots fifth blank fittings church date 19th century include octagonal pulpit decorated panels west wall nave stone memorial reverend died south wall war memorial dead world war north wall inscribed stone commemorating morris lloyd royalist killed troops survey church plate diocese recorded dating recorded known church records owned church lost churchyard contains commonwealth war grave sergeant 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 simple rural church 19th century welsh government body responsible built heritage wales inclusion welsh buildings statutory lists comments church particularly notable retention early carved stonework later fabric writers 19th century described old church antiquarian described building work neat small appropriately fitted writing rebuilding said east window models proportion noted richly compartments font
St Ceinwen's Church, Cerrigceinwen