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St David's Church, Manordeifi

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NPRN102055
Map ReferenceSN24SW
Grid ReferenceSN2283043160
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityManordeifi
Type Of SiteCHURCH
PeriodPost Medieval
Description

St David's Church, Manordeifi, is a stone-built medieval church on an ancient site dedicated to St. David. It consists of a chancel and nave, with a stone gable-bellcote and porch at the west end and a later vestry on the north side of chancel. There are some 14th century Early-English mullioned windows in the chancel south wall and an early square-bowl font ornamented with quatrefoils. By 1899 a new church had been consecrated, built on a hill nearby clear of the flood plain, and the old church declined until its recent restoration in 1905 and again 1948-73. The box-pews remain; two which are taller with fluted columns at angles and plainer box-pews of various dates in between and then two larger pews fitted with fireplaces. Traces of painted ochre borders survive.

Sources include:
CADW listed buildings database
T.J. Hughes, Wales's Best One Hundred Churches, 2006.

Source: Richard Suggett, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800, (RCAHMW 2021)

RCAHMW 2022