St Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr

Name:
St Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr
Record Type:
Parish Church
Church code:
3642
Diocese:
St Davids
Archdeaconry:
Cardigan
Parish:

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II* Listed Building
Scheduled Monument?
There is a Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in a Conservation Area

Buildings At Risk Status

On Buildings At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Buildings at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Medieval

Exterior Image

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Summary Description

Llanbadarn Fawr is the pre-eminent church in the whole of Mid Wales, indeed it was once considered as a possible cathedral for a Mid Wales diocese. It was founded in the C6 by St Padarn and was the chief Celtic monastic centre of Welsh learning into Norman times although replaced by Strata Florida. The ‘village’ contains the Welsh institute for Rural Affairs, the University Llanbadarn campus – department for information and library studies, Coleg Ceredigion is also to be found here. Reference Buildings of Wales –Carmarthen and Ceredigion 2006 The Encyclopaedia of Wales

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
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Sources and Further Information

View information on worship and access at this church on the Church In Wales web site
RCAHMW (2004) Coflein http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/271/details/ [Digital Archive/Document]