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Church of St Illtud

A Grade I Listed Building in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan

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  • St. IIItud Church

  • St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major

  • St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major - interior west end

  • St. IIItud`s

  • St. IIItud`s.

  • St. IIItud`s

  • Font

  • East Church & Chancel

  • East Church Wall Paintings

  • East Church

  • Medieval Mensa

  • St Illtyd: c13 wall painting of Mary Magdalene with jar of ointment

  • St Illtyd: mid to late c14 reredos with ogee arches, a gift from the Raglan family

  • St Illtyd: c13 semi effigial slab where only head is visible; probably a Benedictine priest

  • St Illtyd: mid to late c13 lay man in long tunic; man of status holding glove

  • St Illtyd: lady believed to be Joan, wife of Richard Hopkins, d. c.1580

  • St Illtyd: c16 lady, perhaps Joan Hopkins; bust of baby indicating she died in childbirth

  • St Illtyd: unidentified figure with ruff

  • St Illtyd: illegible memorial with skull; a date of 1697 is visible & the arms appear to be Bassett of Beaupre

  • St Illtyd: memorial slab to Bridget Poyntz of Nash (probable a descendant of the Iron Acton branch), d.1713, wife of Edward Portrey of this parish

  • St Illtyd: richly decorated stonework

  • St Illtyd: stone carved early c13 Jesse niche; figure lies at bottom, his descendants represented by heads peeping out of stiff leaf scrolls

  • St Illtyd: woodwork in the south porch of west church showing carvings of living creatures

  • St Illtyd: woodwork in the south porch of west church showing carvings of living creatures

  • St Illtyd: Celtic stones in the Galilee Chapel; Houelt cross, Sampson pillar & cylindrical pillar

  • St Illtyd: Houelt Cross; a Celtic cross, dedicated by a local king, Houelt ap Rhys to his father

  • St Illtyd: Samson Cross; erected by a Samson, naming Iltut

  • St Illtyd: Samson pillar; erected by an Abbot Samson, naming a king of Gwent, Ithel

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Entry Name: Church of St Illtud

Listing Date: 22 February 1963

Grade: I

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 13259

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300013259

Location: In the centre of Llantwit Major, west of The Square and well below it.

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Town: Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen

Community: Llantwit Major (Llanilltud Fawr)

Community: Llantwit Major

Built-Up Area: Llantwit Major

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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