The name or dedication of the church.
This identifies the church type. Most churches are parish churches which means they serve a specific parish or area. Other types such as chapel, daughter and mission are mostly historic designations as many are now also parish churches. Please note that former churches are no longer used for worhsip and may be in private ownership.
A unique identification number given to every church.
The name of the diocese in which the church is located.
The name of the archdeaconry in which the church is located.
This is the legal name of the parish as given by the Church Commissioners.
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There are 3 levels of listing: Grade I, II* & II. The majority of buildings which are of special interest are Grade II. A much smaller number of particularly important buildings are listed as Grade II*. Buildings of exceptional interest (approx 2% of the total number of listed buildings) are Grade I.
Ancient monuments and archaeological remains of national importance are protected by law. Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service is responsible for compiling a schedule (list) of these ancient monuments, some of which can be found in churches and churchyards. Examples can include churchyard crosses and the archaeological remains of previous churches or buildings on the site.
There are three National Parks in Wales: Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast and Brecon Beacons. These protect 20 percent of the land in Wales, including precious landscapes, habitats, villages and heritage sites.
There are over 500 conservation areas in Wales. They are designated by local planning authorities for their special architectural and historic interest.
The Buildings at Risk register is managed by Cadw (the Welsh Government’s historic environment service) in order to identify the number and type of listed buildings at risk in Wales.
It is often extremely difficult to determine a precise date of construction for a church as many have been extensively altered over time. Church Heritage Cymru therefore shows a date range within which a church is believed to have been constructed. The dates are as follows: Early Medieval (pre 1066), Medieval (post 1066 to 1540), Post Medieval (1540 to 1837), Victorian/Pre WWI (1837 to 1914) and Modern (post 1914).
This is a very brief summary of the church's main features. More detailed nformation can be found in the other fields and pages (tabs) in this database.
Useful information is displayed here for people wishing to visit the church. This may include things like opening hours, catering & toilet facilities, parking, etc.
If the church has its own website the details will be displayed here.
Any further sources of information for the church will be listed here (eg. links to other historic databases).
This is the Ordnance Survey (OS) reference for the location of the church. Some locations will be approximate as this data is continuously being refined and updated.
This is the name of the Local Authoirity within which the church is located.
This describes how the church relates to its immediate and wider environment, sometimes called its setting. It describes how the church contributes to its landscape or townscape and how these things collectively contribute to the character of the area.
The church was built as the terminal feature of Hamilton Terrace which is the A4078 from Haverfordwest which is 13km to the north. The A4078 comes into the town to the northeast and loops round the town with a right angle turn opposite the church and ends at the railway station..
Reference
Cadw Listings Notice Buildings of Wales –Pembrokeshire 2004 AA Route Planner OS map 157
This is a description of the ground plan of the church.
If known, the dimensions (measurements) of the church ground plan will be displayed here.
If the footrprint (area) of the church is known, it will be displayed here.
A description of the history and archaeology of the church and its site.
The church was developed as the centre piece of the new town between 1803 and 1808 for Charles Granville, the architect seems to have been the French shipwright Jean-Louis Barrallier and/or his son Charles, exiles from the regime of Napoleon I. The church was consecrated By Bishop Thomas Burgess of St David’s on 14th October 1808. It has since been covered in roughcast cladding and stone tracery was added in 1866-7 by F Wehnert to replace wood. Between 1905 and 1906 the canted apse was replaced by two further bays of the nave and a large chancel with vestry and organ chamber was added by W J E Wood and J B Gaskell of Milford. The Bath stone Gothic detail and the yellow-washed stucco were reinstated by F Nichols 2008-9. The early story, already circulating in 1802 that Nelson had laid the foundation stone, is without foundation. That the church was dedicated to St Katherine was a compliment to William Price, barrister, and nephew of Bishop Shute Barrington of Durham (where Bishop Burgess of St David’s was a Prebendary) and who had given £400 towards the cost of the building. Price was Master of St Katharine’s Hospital near the Tower of London.
Reference Buildings of Wales –Pembrokeshire 2004. Cadw Listings Notice Stained Glass in Wales
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
A nave with aisles of seven bays, a chancel with a big five light window built with rubble stone, there is a four-stage tower which faces into the town, with angle buttresses, stone plinth and a Bath stone parapet pierced with quatrefoils. At the third stage are roundels and a clock, the top stage has plain paired louvred-bell lights.
Reference Buildings of Wales –Pembrokeshire 2004 Cadw Listings Notice Stained Glass in Wales
Information about any noteable architects, artists, people, or events associated with the church.
Information about any important features and building fabric.
If known, a list of the church's major building material/s will be displayed here.
Any renewable energy systems the church is using will be listed here.
This section gives a general description of the interior of the church. Further details of any important internal fixtures and fittings will be listed below.
The stripped Gothic plastered interior with quadripartite vaulting to the nave, aisle and under the tower provides an unusual and attractive interior. The nave piers are octagonal and carried up without capitals to a thick clerestory band from which spring the vaulted ceiling, the aisles have half octagonal piers. Over the tower entry is a gallery. The chancel has a high C15 style roof with arch-braced collar trusses off corbels, there is a small side chapel. In the porch is a porphyry urn and the part of the mainmast from the French Flagship ‘L’Orient’ ar the battle of the Nile – the cult of Egyptology being strong at the time of the building of the church. The urn had been intended by Granville to be the font but he was over ruled by Bishop Burgess. The nave houses the ashlar font of 1904 and there is a fine C19 wrought iron screen to the south chapel. The canopied stalls and a Gothic c1830 three-seat sedilia in wood were ‘discovered in a dealer’s shop on the east coast’ and installed in 1918 (and clearly from a church of some status). Dating from 1919 and to the designs of J Coates Carter is the chancel screen, carved in wood it sits in a baldly square frame. Most fittings date from post 1900, the brass lectern being 1903, the pulpit 1913 and the altar rails c1914 all in the style of W D Caröe. The C19 font cover has come from some other church. Over the chancel is a brightly coloured fresco of 1932 the Ascension by Sister Marabel of the Anglican Convent in Wantage. The stained glass: ‘St Catherine and saints’, 1910; ‘Christ in Majesty with Angels’, 1909; ‘ Works of Charity’, Robert J Newbery, c 1920; ‘Christ with Children Brought by their Mothers, Loyalty and courage’, G Maile & Son, c 1946; ‘Your Work of Faith and labour of Love’, John Petts, 1987; ‘Christ Walking on water with the Disciples’ mid 1990s; ‘St Francis’, early 1990s.
Information about the church's important internal fixtures and fittings.
Information about the church's important moveable items and artworks.
A description of the ecology of the churchyard.
Information about the presence of bats in the church building or churchyard.
Records whether the church has been consecrated.
Records whether there have been burials in the churchyard.
Records whether the churchyard is still being used for burials.
Records whether there are any war graves in the churchyard.
Any important churchyard structures will be listed here.
Signifiance levels are set at high, medium and low.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the relationship of the church to its surrounding area and helps place it within its wider landscape context.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the significance of the historic building fabric of the church.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the historic significance of the interior of the church.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the relationship between the church and its community.