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St Brynach's Church, Llanfrynach

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NPRN310530
Map ReferenceSS97SE
Grid ReferenceSS9794074610
Unitary (Local) AuthorityThe Vale of Glamorgan
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPenllyn
Type Of SiteCHURCH
PeriodPost Medieval
Description

St Brynach's Church, Llanfrynach, is considered to date from the C12th to C13th, with windows of C16th/C17th and C20th date.  Originally St Brynach’s was the parish church, but it was largely abandoned in the mid nineteenth century.  As such it remains medieval in character. 

The interior is rendered and limewashed except where fragments of wall painting survive.  There are uncertain traces of painting, presumably medieval, in the chancel and on the north pier responds of the chancel arch.  There is no clear design but possibly there were stencilled clusters of dots. 

Sources included:
Cadw Listed Building Record

RCAHMW Wallpaintings Collection. 2004.09.17/RCAHMW/SLE
Notes by A.J. Parkinson, 1989. 2004.03.12/RCAHMW/SLE
Richard Suggett, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800, (RCAHMW 2021).