St Baglan's Church, Llanfaglan

53,121 - 4.3095Koordinaten: 53 ° 7 ' 16 "N, 4 ° 18' 34 " W

St Baglan 's Church is a redundant church in the Parish of Llanfaglan, Gwynedd, Wales. It was classified by Cadw as a Grade I building in, and is maintained by the Friends of Friendless Churches. It stands in an isolated position in a field, about 150 meters from a side street.

History

The church dates from the 13th - 14th Century. The chancel was rebuilt in 1800, as also the northern Verand has been added. It is unusual that the church escaped the restoration in the Victorian era, so that its interior has changed little since 1800. The reason for the classification in Grade I called Cadw, the church was "a rare example of a medieval church, which was not renewed in the 19th century and thus maintain a complete set of interiors from the 18th century " has. To this end, I'm the " exceptionally remote location ." Since 7 February 1991, the church is owned by the nonprofit organization Friends of Friendless Churches. It has been repaired since then, funded by Cadw.

Building

The church consists of stone, the roof is covered with slate. The floor plan consists of a nave with the chancel under a continuous roof, serving as a chapel of the south transept and the porch on the north side. is located over the western gable, a belfry, on the opposite gable a weathered cross. In the nave there are no windows, the only window in the chancel to the east has two openings. The walls to the south and east of the transept have small windows with two openings. Above the entrance door lintel is recessed, which consists of a label in the 6th century stone. Inside, the walls are plastered and painted with chalk white, as are the ceiling joists. Nave and chancel are not separated and the transept is towards fully open to the nave. The floor is covered with slates. Located to the east window dates from the 14th century and was renovated used as the chancel was rebuilt.

Interior and furniture

Cadw describes the furniture from the middle and the end of the 18th century as "extraordinary ". The altar of oak is framed on three sides by railings, which are supported by slender balusters, finials sit on the corner posts. In the southwestern corner of the chancel is the pulpit, also of oak. The rows of seats are partly made box stalls and partly of open pews, some of which are provided with initials and dates. The baptismal font dates from the 13th or 14th century and consists of a seven square bowl of coarse sandstone on a siebeneckigem shaft. Plaques of slate are attached to the walls.

Documents

  • Grade I building in Gwynedd
  • Church building in Wales
  • Built in the 13th century
  • Building stone
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