St Cynfarwy's Church | |
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![]() The church seen from the north-west | |
Location in Anglesey | |
53°18′07″N 4°25′51″W / 53.30196°N 4.43080°W | |
OS grid reference | SH 381 810 |
Location | Llechgynfarwy, Anglesey |
Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church in Wales |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | c. 630 |
Founder(s) | St Cynfarwy |
Dedication | St Cynfarwy |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 12 May 1970 |
Architect(s) | Kennedy & O'Donoghue (1867 rebuilding) |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Early Decorated |
Specifications | |
Length | 40 ft 3 in (12.3 m) |
Width | 16 ft 9 in (5.1 m) |
Materials | Rubble masonry, slate roof |
Administration | |
Province | Province of Wales |
Diocese | Diocese of Bangor |
Archdeaconry | Bangor |
Deanery | Llifon and Talybolion |
Parish | Bodedern with Llanfaethlu |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Vacant since September 2009[1] |
St Cynfarwy's Church is a medieval parish church in Llechgynfarwy, Anglesey, north Wales. The first church in the vicinity was established by St Cynfarwy (a 7th-century saint about whom little is known) in about 630, but no structure from that time survives. The present building contains a 12th-century baptismal font, indicating the presence of a church at that time, although extensive rebuilding in 1867 removed the datable features of the previous edifice.
It is a Grade II listed building, a national designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them",[2] in particular because it is "a simple, rural church of Medieval origins".[3] The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, one of nine in a combined parish, although there has not been an incumbent priest since September 2009.
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