- St David's Church, Llangeview
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St David's Church, Llangeview 
St David's Church, Llangeview, from the southeastLocation in Monmouthshire
St David's Church, LlangeviewCoordinates: 51°42′06″N 2°52′27″W / 51.7017°N 2.8742°W OS grid reference NZ 274 513 Location Llangeview, Monmouthshire Country Wales Denomination Church in Wales Website Friends of Friendless Churches History Dedication Saint David Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade I Designated 18 November 1980 Architectural type Church Style Gothic Closed 1999 Specifications Materials Stone, stone tile roofs St David's Church, Llangeview, is a redundant church sited in a round churchyard adjacent to the junction of the A449 and A472 roads 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of the town of Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales. It has been designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.[2] It is Grade I listed because of its "exceptional interior" including a 15th-century rood-loft and "rare pre-Victorian box pews and fittings".[1] The church stands in a churchyard that is almost circular, and is surrounded by a bank and the traces of a ditch.[3]
History
The first record of a church on the site is in 1254.[3] However the present church dates mainly from the 15th century and it was probably originally dedicated to Saint Cyfyw. It was declared redundant in 1999.[1] The charity the Friends of Friendless Churches holds a 999 year lease with effect from 19 November 1999.[4] Since then repairs have been carried out to the exterior.[2]
Architecture
St David's is constructed in stone rubble and has stone tile roofs. Its plan consists of a nave and chancel, with a west porch. On the east gable is a cross finial, and on the west gable is a bellcote. The bellcote has two triangular openings; the bells were dated 1598 and 1688, but only one of these was still present by 1999. On the south side of the church are three windows in Perpendicular style; there are no windows on the north side. The east window has three lights. At the east end of the nave on each side is a buttress, and there is a Tudor arched door on the south wall of the chancel.[1]
The church has a "remarkable unrestored interior with 18th-century fittings".[1] Its floor slopes downwards from the west. The walls are plastered and whitewashed; the pointed chancel arch is also plastered. The frame and the front of the loft of the original 15th-century rood screen are still present. There is a set of pre-Victorian box pews.[1] These include a large squire's pew, above which is a monument to William Jones who died in 1829.[3] The pulpit is five-sided, and the communion rail is supported by turned balusters. There are stone benches along the east wall and a small, damaged piscina in the south wall. The font is square on a square base. On the floor of the nave and the chancel, and on the north wall, are memorial slabs.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Church of St David, Llangeview, Historic Wales (Cadw), http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/cadw/cadw_eng.php?id=2711, retrieved 30 July 2010
- ^ a b Llangeview St David's, Friends of Friendless Churches, http://www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/CMSMS/index.php?page=llangeview, retrieved 30 July 2010
- ^ a b c Saunders, Matthew (2010), Saving Churches, London: Frances Lincoln, pp. 71–72, ISBN 978-0-7112-3154-2
- ^ Churches and chapels owned by the Friends of Friendless Churches: Details for Visitors, London: Friends of Friendless Churches, June 2010
Categories:- Grade I listed churches
- Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire
- Former churches in Wales
- English Gothic architecture
- 15th-century architecture
- Churches preserved by the Friends of Friendless Churches
- Churches in Monmouthshire
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