St Caffo's Church, Llangaffo

St Caffo's Church, Llangaffo
The church from the north-east
St Caffo's Church, Llangaffo Location in Anglesey
53°11′28″N 4°19′38″W / 53.191060°N 4.327121°W / 53.191060; -4.327121
OS grid reference	SH 446 685
Location	Llangaffo, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church in Wales
Website	Church website
History
Status	Church
Founded	1846 (present building)
Dedication	St Caffo
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	30 January 1968
Architect(s)	Weightman and Hadfield (Sheffield)
Style	Early English
Specifications
Materials	Rubble masonry, slate roof
Administration
Province	Province of Wales
Diocese	Diocese of Bangor
Archdeaconry	Bangor
Deanery	Tindaethwy and Menai
Parish	Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog (Gaerwen) with Llangristiolus with Llanffinan with Llangaffo
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Reverend E C Williams[1]
Curate(s)	The Reverend E R Roberts[1]

St Caffo's Church, Llangaffo is a 19th-century church, in the south of Anglesey, north Wales, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the county town, Llangefni. It was constructed in 1846 to replace the previous medieval church in the village of Llangaffo. The new building includes a number of monuments from the old church, and has a spire which is a prominent local landmark. The churchyard has part of a stone cross dating from the 9th or 10th century, and some gravestones from the 9th to 11th centuries. It is dedicated to St Caffo, a 6th-century martyr who was killed in the vicinity.

The church is still in use as part of the Church in Wales, one of four churches in a combined parish. It is a Grade II listed building, a designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them",^[2] in particular because it is regarded as "a mid 19th-century rural church, consistently articulated and detailed in an Early English style".^[3]