St Ffinan's Church, Llanffinan

St Ffinan's Church, Llanffinan
The church from the north, showing the doorway at the west end
St Ffinan's Church, Llanffinan Location in Anglesey
53°15′19″N 4°15′24″W / 53.255188°N 4.256780°W / 53.255188; -4.256780
OS grid reference	SH 495 755
Location	Llanffinan, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church in Wales
Website	Church website
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	c. 620 Present building 1841
Dedication	St Ffinan
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	30 January 1968
Architect(s)	John Welch (1841)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Romanesque revival
Specifications
Materials	Stone with slate roof
Administration
Province	Province of Wales
Diocese	Diocese of Bangor
Archdeaconry	Bangor
Deanery	Synod Ynys Mon
Parish	Bro Cadwaladr
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Reverend E C Williams
Assistant priest(s)	The Reverend E R Roberts

St Ffinan's Church, Llanffinan is a small 19th-century parish church built in the Romanesque revival style, in Anglesey, north Wales. There has been a church in this area, even if not on this precise location, since at least 1254, and 19th-century writers state that St Ffinan established the first church here in the 7th century. The church was rebuilt in 1841, reusing a 12th-century font and 18th-century memorials, as well as the cross at the eastern end of the roof.

The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, one of eight in a combined parish, and services are held weekly. 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",^[1] in particular because it is considered to be "a good essay in a simple Romanesque revival style".^[2] The church is at the end of a gravel track in the countryside of central Anglesey, about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from Llangefni, the county town. It is also on a footpath to Plas Penmynydd, once home to Owen Tudor, founder of the Tudor dynasty.