St Teilo's Church

Llantilio Crossenny was a manor of the Bishops of Llandaff in the Middle Ages, and the site of their manor house can still be seen at Hen Gwrt. Their episcopal presence and the proximity of White Castle account for the 'exceptional scale' of the church. It is of Old Red Sandstone with a shingled spire. The tower and the nave are of the thirteenth century whilst the chancel was rebuilt in the fourteenth. The spire was added in the early eighteenth century and the whole was restored by John Prichard and John Pollard Seddon in 1856–7.

Either side of the East window of the chapel are two stone corbels which are said to represent Edward II. The interior also has a number of seventeenth and eighteenth century funerary monuments of high quality and stained glass by Charles Eamer Kempe.

References:

• Wikipedia

Address

Offa's Dyke Path, Llantilio Crossenny, United Kingdom

Details

Founded: 13th century
Category: Religious sites in United Kingdom