St Mary's Church, Derwen

53.0455 - 3.3882Koordinaten: 53 ° 2 ' 44 "N, 3 ° 23' 18 " W

St Mary's Church is a disused church in the center of the village of Derwen in Denbighshire, Wales. It was classified by Cadw in Grade I Listed Building as, and is maintained by the Friends of Friendless Churches.

History

It is assumed that the existing building today dates from the 13th century, although it is probably due to the round shape of the churchyard, that it was an earlier building on the site. In the following century additions and changes to the building were made. From before the Reformation, the window to the east, the roof and the rood screen dates. The crate for the bell is dated 1688. The church was ( in today's prices: £ 50,000 ) in 1857 by Henry Kennedy a financial outlay of 750 pounds renovated. Daei was the gallery and to the west. Encaustic tiles were laid in 1907 in the sanctuary of the church. For believers, the Church 1998/1999 was closed, and two years later acquired by the non-profit organization Friends of Friendless Churches, which was also the owner of the property.

Architecture

Building

The church itself is built of local coarse sandstone, the porch is of slate and roof of slate with a roof ridge brick. The floor plan consists of a nave and chancel without distinction on the outside, a southern porch and a short transept to the north, which was originally the staircase to the loft of the rood screen; it was later used as a fireplace. At the western end is located on the roof of a shed bell with weathervane, on the pediments in northern and eastern sit crosses that serve as gables. The western wall is reinforced by a large buttresses. The east window in the Perpendicular style, has five large openings. In the south wall of the chancel there is a window with three openings and in the northern wall, a window with two small openings is embedded. All these other windows date from the 19th century.

Interior and furniture

The floor of the nave is paved with stones, the floor of the sanctuary consists of wooden planks covered and in the sanctuary beginning of the 20th century encaustic tiles were laid. The outstanding feature of the interior is the rood screen, the loft has been preserved. He is meticulously carved with late Gothic motifs. The rest of the furniture dates from the 19th century. These include large, provided with carvings, octagonal pulpit, an altar made ​​of oak wood and an octagonal baptismal font. The Stained Glass of the southern window of the chancel was designed by Harry Ellis Wooldridge and manufactured by James Powell and Sons; it dates back to 1869 and represents the birth of Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Ascension

Associated Structures

In the churchyard there is a cross in the style of English Gothic from the time before the Reformation. It consists of a rectangular shaft on a plain base with a head sculpture. On the north and south side of the head are individual rows of niches, east and west, these niches are double. They all have ogee hoods and contain images that are now weathered. The cross is classified in Grade II * and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Also in the churchyard is a sundial dating from the 18th or 19th century. It is made of bronze, standing on a pillar of limestone, and the shadow pointer is obtained. The sundial is entered in the Grade II.

On the western side of the churchyard there is a building, which is called the Church House. This originated in the 17th century or earlier. It has two floors and once large openings on the north and south on the ground floor, but they are walled up. It is likely that this is a morgue or a churchyard. To the upper floor is accessed via an external staircase. This is originally a sacristy or a service room of the parish. It was built in 1905 and restored with a new roof and is listed in Grade II.

Importance

The church was classified by Cadw in Grade I, because they are " an exceptionally complete with rood screen has a loft and has also received much of its medieval character." The architectural historian Edward Hubbard certified that "the Church actually enjoys the rare good fortune to possess a rood screen, the loft is preserved ."

About the cross in the churchyard wrote the Royal Commission in 1914, it was "a particular value obtained Monument", Cadw describes it as a " fine example of late Masonry before the Reformation ."

Documents

• Denbighshire
• Church building in Wales
• Built in the 13th century
• Grade I building in Wales
• Grade II * building in Wales
• Grade II building in Wales
• St. Mary's Church in the United Kingdom