Parish Church of St Paul, Landore, Swansea

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6465 / 51°38'47"N

Longitude: -3.9365 / 3°56'11"W

OS Eastings: 266108

OS Northings: 195969

OS Grid: SS661959

Mapcode National: GBR WT1.BD

Mapcode Global: VH4K3.QW84

Plus Code: 9C3RJ3W7+J9

Entry Name: Parish Church of St Paul

Listing Date: 30 March 1987

Last Amended: 30 March 1987

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11683

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: St Paul's Church, Swansea
St.Paul's Parish Church,Cwm Level Road
St Paul's Church, Landore

ID on this website: 300011683

Location: Set into hillside beside new dual carriageway, tall E end to Neath Road.

County: Swansea

Community: Landore (Glandŵr)

Community: Landore

Locality: Cwm

Built-Up Area: Swansea

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Church building

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History

Ca. 1903 (date on rainwater heads). Perpendicular style with Arts and Crafts influence. Plan of chancel with undercroft, 2-storey SE vestry range with octagonal bell-tower in angle, N chapel, aisled nave with N and S porches.

Exterior

Snecked facings, red sandstone dressings, slate roofs, gable parapets with E crucifix finial, corner buttresses with set-offs. 5-light traceried E window with blind panelling below transom, cill band and weathercourse over 3-part recessed undercroft window with segmental head. Bell-tower has spire with weathervane behind crenellated parapet, linked ogee-headed hood moulds to bell openings, arched doorway in pointed recess. 3-light clerestory windows under segmental arches, tripartite cusped lancets to aisles, image niche over S door with traceried spandrals, double boarded doors up steps. 3-bay W front with 2-light traceried windows and slender buttresses.

Interior

5-bay nave with octagonal piers and pointed arcades (rest of interior not seen).

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Parish Church of St Paul

A Grade II Listed Building in Landore, Swansea