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Church of St Illtyd

Llantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Upper Church Village, Llantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taff, designated on 31 October 1954.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Church of St Illtyd, Llantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taff, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Date of designation
31 October 1954
Locality
Upper Church Village
Community
Llantwit Fardre
Unitary authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.57080, -3.32661
Cadw reference
25541

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

At corner of St Illtyd Road and Church Road

History

Nave and chancel said to date from around 1525; west tower dated 1636. Large extensions to S side of nave 1972-74.

Exterior

Brown rubble with slate roofs; nave, lower chancel, rendered tower. Tower has saddle-back roof, and round-headed W doorway; datestone with inscription "This stee/ple was made AM/DOM 1636/ Thomas Robt/ (Builder?)".
Nave has 2 windows, camber-headed window to W, and two 2-light Gothic windows. Chancel has 2-light N window, and 2-light Gothic E window.
On S side, modern extension in matching materials runs along whole elevations of nave and chancel; pitched roof next to nave; flat roof next to chancel; square-headed mullioned windows.

Interior

Nave with segmental plaster ceiling; chancel with 2 arch-braced trusses. Stained glass in nave (NW) by Frank Roper.

Reason for designation

Listed for surviving early fabric

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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