:St David's Church, Llanddewi Rhydderch

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| name = Church of St David

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| image = St. David's church and churchyard, Llanddewi Rhydderch - geograph.org.uk - 1418653.jpg

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| caption = "a medieval church sensitively restored"

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| map caption = Location in Monmouthshire

| location = Llanddewi Rhydderch, Monmouthshire

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|51.8115 | -2.9444 |region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}}

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| denomination = Church in Wales

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| founded date = early 14th century

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| functional status = Active

| heritage designation = Grade II*

| designated date = 9 January 1956

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The Church of St David is a parish church in Llanddewi Rhydderch, Monmouthshire, Wales, with origins in the 12th century; the tower base may date from this time. The fabric of the current building is 14th–15th century in date, with a Victorian restoration by John Pollard Seddon in 1862 and 1863. It remains an active parish church.

History

The origins of the building are Norman, with the base of the tower,{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=17417 |desc=Church of St. David |access-date=2019-04-11}} and some of its lancet windows appearing to date from this time.{{sfn|Newman|2000|pp=268–9}} The body of the church is later, of the 14th and 15th centuries. J. P. Seddon undertook a sensitive restoration in 1862–63. There have been few alterations since this time and the church remains an active church in the parish of Llanddewi Rhydderch.{{cite web|url=http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/clergy/?id=4093 |title=Clergy |publisher=The Church in Wales |date= |accessdate=2017-08-12}}

Architecture and description

The church is built of Old Red Sandstone. The building comprises a nave, chancel, porch and a tower with a "pyramidal cap of "typical Border design".{{sfn|Newman|2000|pp=268–9}} The church is a Grade II* listed building, its listing record describing it as a "medieval church sensitively restored".

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References

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  • {{Cite book

|last=Newman|first=John

|authorlink=John Newman (architectural historian)

|series=The Buildings of Wales

|title=Gwent/Monmouthshire

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knRf4U60QjcC&dq=The+Buildings+of+Wales%3A+Gwent%2FMonmouthshire&pg=PA2

|year=2000

|publisher=Penguin

|location=London

|isbn=0-14-071053-1

}}

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