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St Thomas The Apostle's Church, Redwick

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NPRN220746
Map ReferenceST48SW
Grid ReferenceST4122084130
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNewport
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityRedwick
Type Of SiteCHURCH
PeriodPost Medieval
Description

St Thomas The Apostle's Church, Redwick, is mostly of fourteenth to fifteenth century in date, but the church may have twelfth century origins. Restoration work was carried out in 1875. It is of stone construction in the Perpendicular Gothic style withwith slate roofs and a  three stage tower with battlemented parapet. The interior features a three bay aisle with an hexagonal shaft and arch-braced roof. There is a nineteenth century rood loft above chancel/tower arch. The mouldings of the rood beam are painted in red and blue.

Associated with:
Churchyard cross (NPRN 307953).

Sources include:
RCAHMW Wallpaintings Database. 2004.09.15/RCAHMW/SLE
Arch Camb 1959, 63
CADW listed buildings database
Richard Suggett, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800, (RCAHMW 2021)

RCAHMW 2022