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 village of Llanddew is 2.5 km north of Brecon which may be found by following the 'Ancient Monument' signs from Brecon. The compact village focused on church and castle sits on a slight saddle of land on the eastern side of the Honddu Valley, upstream from Brecon Cathedral.
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The name/dedication of the church to which the plan refers.
A brief description of the plan. eg. who created it and where it came from.
The date the plan was created.
The details of any copyright are displayed here.
The name of the person who inputted the plan.
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 is to be found in a circular churchyard suggesting the it had a Celtic foundation – a clas site. Tradition has it that Aled (also known as Eluned) daughter of Brychan took refuge in the church in AD 500. The earliest reference to the site was in the Taxatio of 1291 as ' Ecclesia Llandon' In C12 the Bishop of St David’s built a palace here probably for his Archdeacon. The church is now convincingly a C12-C13 cruciform church although much rebuilt. Gerald of Wales, (Giraldus Cambrensis) as Archdeacon of Brecon lived in Llanddew castle 1175-1203. The manor of Llanddew was in the hands of the Bishop of St David's and was granted a charter to hold a weekly market by Edward I c1290. The tower and chancel appear to date from this medieval time while refurbishment/repairs were carried out in C15,C16 and C19.This C13 churchyard is on its original site with surrounding meadows of archaeological significance and the adjacent ruins of the Bishop's Palace must be considered as an important archaeological site. Any excavations even for burials within the churchyard should be carefully carried out with the possibility of archaeological finds being considered. The PPC have (2010) direct experience of this with the discovery of medieval skeletons only a few inches below the surface of the existing churchyard.
The tower was ‘newly erected in 1629’ so that it now stands a little south of the east -west axis. The nave is probably Norman while the much of the west end of the church was rebuilt in 1900 by J H Christian. Much reconstruction to the north wall took place in the 1620 and in 1836-7 Ewan Christian restored the rest of the fabric. Further repairs were carried out in 1960 by George Pace.
There are two carved lintel stones of C12 Romanesque date, neither in their orriginal place, an even earlier stone decorated with an incised cross and fragmentary inscription dating from the C8 or C9 was found in the wall of the south trnasept during a C19 restoration.
Cadw Listings Notice
Buildings of Wales – Powys 2013
Church Quinquennial Inspection Reports
CPAT Brecknockshire Churches Survey
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
The church was built with local grey and red sandstone mostly of medium size d rubble masonry. Better dressed stone was used for the quoins. There is a shale tile roof with terracotta ridge tiles, stone cross finials to the nave , north trnasept and chancel and a metal cross above the porch.
The church has a central tower with chancel to the east and nave to the west, with trancepts either side of the crossing over which sits the tower. There is a vestry in the north transept and a choir vestry to the south and a small entrance porch, also to the south leading directly into the nave. The tower has a prramidal roof - rebuilt in 1623 and restored in C18- it hasa w eather cock a top the roop. The whole tower although centrally placed stands a little south of th east/west axis.
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 porch has a flagged floor, bare walls and a Victorian roof of collars and rafters. The door way has a modern segmental arch with a large red sandstone jambstone. The nave is floored with red tiles, the benches sit of raised wooden boarding. The aisle is carpeted, the walls bare and the roof has two tie beams with king posts supporting a collar purlin and collar beams above. In the nave is a large oak pulpit of 1905 with ornate tracery to panels, inscribed as memorials to Giraldus, together with an oak eagle lectern 1903. The crossing is tiled, the roof ceiled in wood just above the apex of the arches and rests on eleven corbels, not of uniform design. The vestry, now in the north transept has a tiled floor, bare walls and a roof, older than that in the nave, with a tie beam and collar against the north wall and two tiers of triangular windbraces The south transept once used as a schoolroom,has a tiled floor, plastered and whitewashed walls and a roof of braced collars. A step from the crossing reaches the chancel with a further two steps into the sanctuary and a further step upto the altar. There are C19 altar rails on twisted brass standards. The sanctuary has encaustic tiles, the choir stalls are on raised wooden. The walls are plastered and whitewashed all under a roof of four bays in the same form as the nave In the west wall of the chancel is a round headed arch and a plaque set into the wall which reads 'This steeple was newly erected and mde in Apriel Anno Dom. 1629, William Havard and William Griffith Gent then churchwardens'. Two coats-of-arms of the churchwrdens are also set into the wall.
Then a mediaeval massive and crude bowl font of tooled stone lead lined set on square ashlar pedestal with sides splayed inwards towards its foot, with big chamfers, stopped before the top corners..
The C17 bell frame was deigned for 4 bells but now carrying only two cast by Thomas Stone in 1631.
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.