St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth

St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth
View from the south, showing the transept and porch
St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth is located in Anglesey
St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth
St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth
Location in Anglesey
53°12′25″N 4°23′06″W / 53.207°N 4.385°W / 53.207; -4.385
OS grid referenceSH408704
LocationTrefdraeth, Anglesey
CountryWales, UK
DenominationChurch in Wales
History
StatusChurch
FoundedFirst church reputedly established c. 616; earliest parts of present building 13th century
DedicationSt Beuno
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated30 January 1968
StyleDecorated
Specifications
Length59 feet (18 m)
Width15 feet (4.6 m)
MaterialsRubble masonry and squared stones; slate roof
Administration
ProvinceProvince of Wales
DioceseDiocese of Bangor
ArchdeaconryBangor
DeaneryMalltraeth
ParishTrefdraeth with Aberffraw with Llangadwaladr with Cerrigceinwen
Clergy
RectorVacant [1]

St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth is the medieval parish church of Trefdraeth, a hamlet in Anglesey, north Wales. Although one 19th-century historian recorded that the first church on this location was reportedly established in about 616, no part of any 7th-century structure survives; the oldest parts of the present building date are from the 13th century. Alterations were made in subsequent centuries, but few of them during the 19th century, a time when many other churches in Anglesey were rebuilt or were restored.

St Beuno's is part of the Church in Wales, and its parish is one in a group of four. The church remains in use but as of 2013 there is no parish priest. It is a Grade II* listed building, a national designation for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest",[2] in particular because it is regarded as "an important example of a late Medieval rural church" with an unaltered simple design.[3]

  1. ^ "Church in Wales: Benefices". Church in Wales. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ^ What is listing? (PDF). Cadw. 2005. p. 6. ISBN 1-85760-222-6.
  3. ^ Cadw, "Church of St. Beuno (Eglwys Beuno Sant) (Grade II*) (5564)", National Historic Assets of Wales, retrieved 2 April 2019

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