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St Cedwyn's Church (also known as ''„The Church of Wales”'')〔(Google Maps )〕 at Llangedwyn was formerly in the historic county of Denbighshire but since 1996 has been within the Montgomeryshire Shire Area of Powys, Wales. St Cedwyn's was a chapel of ease of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. Llangedwyn is 7 miles south-west of Oswestry and to the south of the Berwyn Mountains. The church was extensively restored in 1869-70 by Benjamin Ferrey under the patronage of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn of Llangedwyn Hall but incorporates medieval masonry in its west and east walls, and also retains a Romanesque-revival porch of c.1840, very probably by Thomas Penson. Further restoration was undertaken by Herbert Luck North before 1907, including the addition of a dormer window to the roof on the north side. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Longer - Historic Churches - Montgomeryshire Churches Survey - Llangedwyn )〕 ==Architecture== There is no external differentiation between the nave and chancel. The North wall has re-used stone at lower levels; also two horizontal bands of dressed sandstone (probably Cefn stone) blocks along the complete length of wall. Three Gothic windows with two lights and a quatrefoil above, in pale sandstone; hoodmoulds with head stops, all different. Two buttresses with ornamented coping stones.The east or chancel window of three, stepped, lancet lights under a two-centred arch and a hoodmould with foliate stops, and above this a relieving arch of dressed freestone. On the South wall,are three windows, two with paired lancet lights, one triple. A single horizontal band of dressed freestone comparable with north wall of nave. The west wall has considerable amounts of re-used stone. The Vestry on South side has square-headed doorway, the east side a window in similar style. The porch is in roughcast render on the wall faces, pilaster buttresses at the four corners with blind arcaded window in Romanesque revival style and the Romanesque-style doorway in terracotta and brick, with eaves courses in same material. The west wall has Romanesque-style windows and considerable amounts of re-used stone. The roof has the domer window added by Herbert Luck North ===Romanesque-revival porch c. 1840=== This is one of the most interesting features of the church. It has been attributed to Thomas Penson, an Oswestry architect, who was a pioneer in the use of terracotta in architecture. The detailing of the terracotta moldings match exactly those on the rebuilt church at Llanymynech. The porch is likely to be one of the very first examples of the revival in the use of terracotta for architectural decoration. Penson’s churches, which include Christ Church, Welshpool, and St David’s Newtown are built in a Norman or Romanesque style. The terracotta is likely to have been made in the nearby brickyards at Trefonen which are sited on the Oswestry coalfield.〔Evidence for early terracotta production at Trefonen is provided by a terracotta graveslab in Trefonen churchyard.〕 This porch is likely to be an experimental example of the use of terracotta, before Penson went on to construct larger churches using terracotta for decorative purposes.〔 Stratton, M. (1993) ''The Terracotta Revival : Building Innovation and the Image of the Industrial City in Britain and North America.'' London : Gollancz. pp.50-2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Cedwyn's Church, Llangedwyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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