Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Church of St Dyfan and St Teilo
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Merthyr Dyfan, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 18 September 1962.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 18 September 1962
- Locality
- Merthyr Dyfan
- Community
- Barry
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.41720, -3.27412
- Cadw reference
- 13177
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
History
C13 nave and chancel, C16 W tower, restoration of 1857 added porch, and altered windows. Restoration of tower 1909, and other parts of church in 1970s.
Exterior
Grey rubble with quoins in red stone; bathstone dressings, slate roofs. Square unbuttressed W tower has shallow staircase projection to N, castellated parapet on corbels, 4 stages. Steeply-pitched gabled S porch with Gothic arch, stone benches, window to E side. To L of porch, window with cusped head and square hoodmould, to R of porch, window with 2 cusped lights (square hoodmould), further window to R. N elevation of nave has 2-light window to W, single light window to E. Chancel has two lancets to S, high 2-light E window.
In churchyard to S of church is base of medieval Churchyard cross consisting of square socket on base of 2 square steps.
Interior
Chamfered chancel arch; C15/C16 arch-braced roof. Gothic wooden reredos of 1933, original medieval altar slab replaced 1974.
Reason for designation
Church graded II* as substantially complete late medieval building.
Nearby in the register
- Former Caretaker's Cottage at former Polytechnic of WalesDomesticunder 1 mi
- College Fields Nursing HomeEducationunder 1 mi
- Former Chapel at former Polytechnic of WalesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Vale Resource CentreCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.