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
25541
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/10/1954
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Church of St Illtyd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Llantwit Fardre
Town
Locality
Upper Church Village
Easting
308155
Northing
186604
Street Side
Location
At corner of St Illtyd Road and Church Road
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Nave and chancel said to date from around 1525; west tower dated 1636. Large extensions to S side of nave 1972-74.
Exterior
Brown rubble with slate roofs; nave, lower chancel, rendered tower. Tower has saddle-back roof, and round-headed W doorway; datestone with inscription "This stee/ple was made AM/DOM 1636/ Thomas Robt/ (Builder?)".
Nave has 2 windows, camber-headed window to W, and two 2-light Gothic windows. Chancel has 2-light N window, and 2-light Gothic E window.
On S side, modern extension in matching materials runs along whole elevations of nave and chancel; pitched roof next to nave; flat roof next to chancel; square-headed mullioned windows.
Interior
Nave with segmental plaster ceiling; chancel with 2 arch-braced trusses. Stained glass in nave (NW) by Frank Roper.
Reason for designation
Listed for surviving early fabric
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