NPRN13650
Map ReferenceSS79SW
Grid ReferenceSS7374594926
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityBriton Ferry
Type Of SiteMISSION CHURCH
Period19th Century
DescriptionSt John's Church was located on the west side of Giant's Grave Road. It is recorded that a Mission Church dedicated to St. John the Baptist was erected at Giant's Grave in 1878. It was built at a cost of £601, constructed in stone, in the Gothic style, and consisted of chancel, nave, western porch and a turret containing one bell; there are 212 sittings.
By mid-2013 the church was closed and had been proposed for redevelopment as a dwelling.
Sources:
http://forebears.co.uk/wales/glamorganshire/briton-ferry
planning.npt.gov.uk:8251/view.aspx?Doc=382674
David Leighton, RCAHMW, 18 December 2014