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
5446
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/02/1952
Date of Amendment
19/10/1998
Name of Property
Church of St Dwynwen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Rhosyr
Town
Locality
Llanddwyn Island
Easting
238692
Northing
362759
Street Side
Location
The church remains lie in a shallow hollow in the centre of Llanddwyn Island.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Mainly early C16; the church was dedicated to St Dwynwen, the Welsh St Valentine and Welsh patroness of lovers.
Exterior
Cruciform plan church of which foundations and parts of the SE transept and walls at the SW corner of the nave remain. Built of rubble with brown sandstone dressings. The walls of the SE transept present the most complete of the remains, the SE wall still standing above the height of the window.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its historic interest as the now picturesque ruins of a C16 church which retain substantial detail.
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