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
12474
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/02/1991
Date of Amendment
04/02/1991
Name of Property
Church of St David
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Solva
Town
Locality
Tregroes/Whitchurch
Easting
179984
Northing
225444
Street Side
Location
Situated in the centre of Whitchurch hamlet; on southern side of road, about 100 m E of junction with lane from Upper Solva.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
C13 or C14 parish church, heavily restored 1872-4 to plans of C E Buckeridge executed by
J L Pearson.
Exterior
Rubble stone with purple Caerbwdy stone dressings, small, graded slates to roofs and red terracotta ridge. Nave, chancel and north chapel. Coped west bellcote with square opening. All openings are C19 and framed in purple stone. Pointed arched N door with single lancet each side, similar lancet each side of N chapel and pair to N end. Chancel has stone cross E end finial, canted passage between chapel and N wall, one small N lancet and triple lancet E window with relieving arch. Two south side lancets and 4 to nave south side. Two-light W window with relieving arch. All lancets have cusped ogee heads.
Interior
Interior: nave has scissor-truss rafter roof with collars, C19 pulpit, plastered pointed arches to chancel and N chapel. N chapel has C19 roof, one wall plaque of 1771 and inscribed grave slabs to floor. Chancel has panelled wagon roof, seat built into SE window and piscina. East window stained glass of 1903. At W end plain octagonal medieval stone font on C19 circular base.
Church is recorded back to 1291 when it belonged to Cistercian order, pre-restoration descriptions record timber bellcote and timber S porch.
Large, open churchyard with rubble stone walls, iron N side gate between square piers with stopped caps. Numerous headstones and some table tombs, 2 enclosed within iron railings. S of church is low table tomb to Henry Whiteside (d. 1826) designer of Smalls lighthouse, 1770.
Reason for designation
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