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
22858
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/02/2000
Date of Amendment
25/02/2000
Name of Property
Church of St Anne
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Tonna
Town
Locality
Tonna
Easting
277475
Northing
198953
Street Side
S
Location
Set back on the S side of the main B4434 through the village.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built 1891-2 by E.H. Lingen Barker, architect of Hereford, at the expense of the Rev David Griffiths.
Exterior
Geometrical-style church comprising nave and chancel, with transepts and asymmetrical N tower, the lower stage of which is the porch. Of snecked rock-faced sandstone with lighter dressings and sill and impost bands. The windows have hood moulds with foliage stops. A slate roof is behind coped gables. The nave has angle buttresses, a 3-light W window and stepped vents below the apex. In the N wall are a 2-light window at the R end, a cusped lancet, and the tower, which does not project N as far as the transept, to which it is attached. The 3-stage tower has angle buttresses, a 2-centred N doorway without capitals and a boarded door with crescent hinges. Above is a 3-light window to the middle stage. On the W side, in the angle with the nave, is a round stair turret with lancet to its L in the lower stage. The upper stage and spire are of ashlar. The upper stage is octagonal and has big polygonal corner turrets rising off the buttresses of the lower stages. Lancet bell openings have louvres. Above the bell openings is an arcade frieze. The spire has 3 thin bands of blind arches. The N transept has a 3-light window. Against the N side of the chancel is an outshut housing the organ. The chancel is apsidal and has three 2-light windows. A S vestry under an outshut roof has a lean-to attached to it. The S transept is similar to the N, while the nave S wall is 3 bays with 2-light windows.
Interior
The interior has pointed and boarded wagon roofs throughout. The nave has a floor of coloured tiles. The chancel arch has responds with foliage capitals, and a moulded 2-centred arch with hood mould. The transepts have plainer arches without capitals.
The font and pulpit are of white stone and were made as a pair. The font is octagonal and mounted on a round base. Around the bowl are inset panels with crosses in relief. The pulpit has similar insets panels, and is otherwise round with open arcading, with similar arcading to the steps. The pews have moulded ends.
The E window has New Testament scenes by Joseph Bell of Bristol. The N transept has glass by Mayer & Co of Munich also with New Testament scenes. The W window may also be by Mayer.
Reason for designation
Listed for its architectural interest, especially the well-designed exterior with spire in a prominent location in the village.
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