Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
11977
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/01/1952
Date of Amendment
17/11/1994
Name of Property
Ruins of Old Church of a St Brynach
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Dinas Cross
Town
Locality
Cwm-Yr-Eglwys
Easting
201493
Northing
240078
Street Side
Location
Situated overlooking bay on SE side of Dinas Island.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The medieval church of St Brynach was said to have replaced one at Brynhellan. It had nave, chancel, S transept and W bellcote according to mid C19 engraving: the surviving detail looks C15. It was severely damaged by storms in 1851 and destroyed in the great storm of 25 October 1859, leaving only the W gable. It was not rebuilt, but replaced by the present church of St Brynach at Brynhenllan, 1860-1 by R K Penson.
Exterior
Rubble stone low W wall and bellcote. Low Tudor-arched doorway with rough chamfered jambs and head in similar grey stone to C15 barn at Pentre Ifan, Nevern. Low pitched gable, coped in slates. Bellcote has 2 Tudor-arched chamfered openings in similar stone and slates to gable coping. Inner door head and rough stone voussoirs to cambered head.
Interior
Reason for designation
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