Church of St Illtyd, Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taff

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5708 / 51°34'14"N

Longitude: -3.3266 / 3°19'35"W

OS Eastings: 308155

OS Northings: 186604

OS Grid: ST081866

Mapcode National: GBR HQ.DCXW

Mapcode Global: VH6DR.9S66

Plus Code: 9C3RHMCF+89

Entry Name: Church of St Illtyd

Listing Date: 31 October 1954

Last Amended: 19 July 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 25541

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Location: At corner of St Illtyd Road and Church Road

County: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Community: Llantwit Fardre (Llanilltud Faerdref)

Community: Llantwit Fardre

Locality: Upper Church Village

Built-Up Area: Church Village

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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Pontypridd

History

Nave and chancel said to date from around 1525; west tower dated 1636. Large extensions to S side of nave 1972-74.

Exterior

Brown rubble with slate roofs; nave, lower chancel, rendered tower. Tower has saddle-back roof, and round-headed W doorway; datestone with inscription "This stee/ple was made AM/DOM 1636/ Thomas Robt/ (Builder?)".
Nave has 2 windows, camber-headed window to W, and two 2-light Gothic windows. Chancel has 2-light N window, and 2-light Gothic E window.
On S side, modern extension in matching materials runs along whole elevations of nave and chancel; pitched roof next to nave; flat roof next to chancel; square-headed mullioned windows.

Interior

Nave with segmental plaster ceiling; chancel with 2 arch-braced trusses. Stained glass in nave (NW) by Frank Roper.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for surviving early fabric

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Parish Hall
In a prominent position in the centre of the village.
II* Leat Retaining Wall at Treforest Tinplate Works
Parallel with and detached from the W side of the former rolling mill.
II* Former Rolling Mill at Treforest Tinplate Works
At the S end of Treforest and reached across a bridge over the Taff W of Cardiff Road. The rolling mill is at the S end of the former works.
II Pig Sty at Berthlwyd Farm
In the centre of the farm yard on the E side of the house. Berthlwyd Farm is an upland farm S of Treforest, reached by farm road on the E side of a minor road from Pontypridd to Church Village.
II* Former Smithy at Treforest Tinplate Works
On the E side of the former rolling mill.
II Rhydyfelin War Memorial
Set back from the road and in front of St Luke's church.
II Alexon House
In Hawthorn between the A5054 and the river Taff.
II* Former Tinning House at Treforest Tinplate Works
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Church of St Illtyd

A Grade II Listed Building in Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taff

Coordinates

History

Exterior

Interior

Reasons for Listing

Recommended Books