St. Donat's Church, St. Donat's
Church of St Donat, St Donats
St Donat: modest Norman church with later additions lying below the west of the castle; restored 1878
St Donat: corbelled parapet to nave & c13 tower with corbelled battlements & small pinnacles; mid c16 Lady Chapel to the left
St Donat: late Perpendicular nave; plain round headed arch c12 chancel arch; chancel reconstructed c15
St Donat: east window in Perpendicular style in memory of Edward Stradling-Carne, d.1862; St Donat in centre
St Donat: ancient stoop for holy water just inside porch
St Donat: replicas of three Stradling couples on painted panels, dated 1590
St Donat: painted panel to Thomas Stradling, d.1480, & wife Jenet Matthew of Radyr, d.1533
St Donat: painted panel to Edward Stradling, d.1535, & wife Elizabeth Arundell of Lanherne, d.1513
St Donat: painted panel to Edward Stradling, d.1609, & wife Agnes Gage of Firle, d.1624
St Donat: painted panel in memorial to Edward Stradling-Carne, d.1862
St Donat: east end of church with castle in background
St Donat: east end of church from the south with c15 cross
Entry Name: Church of St Donat
Listing Date: 22 February 1963
Last Amended: 19 January 2005
Grade: I
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 13329
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300013329
Location: In the bottom of the cwm below the west side of the castle.
County: Vale of Glamorgan
Town: Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
Community: St. Donats (Sain Dunwyd)
Community: St. Donats
Locality: St Donats
Built-Up Area: St Donat's
Traditional County: Glamorgan