Building Name

St. Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, (New Quay) Cardiganshire

Date
1862 - 1865
District/Town
Llanllwchaiarn, (New Quay)
County/Country
Cardiganshire, Wales
Work
Re-building

S.  LLANLLWCHAIARN, CARDIGANSHIRE. — This church is being re-built by Mr Withers, who has a specialty for churches with unpronounceable Welsh names. Here is a nave, 35 feet long by 17 feet 8 inches broad; a chancel, 22 feet 3 inches long by 15  feet broad, ending in a three-sided apse; a vestry on the north-west of the chancel; a south-west porch, and an ingenious arrangement at the west end of the nave, by which a low stone octagonally-broached spirelet is supported, partly on a small projection from the west end, and partly by a great thickening (internally) of the west wall, in which is set a deeply splayed west window. The style is the simplest First-Pointed with small lancets, which in the chancel only are trifoliated in the heads. The arrangements of the interior are excellent. The chancel roof is coved. The whole is an excellent specimen of an unpretending but substantial and effective Welsh church. The total cost is only £500. [Ecclesiologist February 1862 page 65]

NEW QUAY, CARDIGANSHIRE. TO BUILDERS & OTHERS - Persons willing to submit Tenders for taking down and rebuilding the Parish Church of LLANLLWCHAIARN, New Quay, Cardiganshire, are informed that the Drawings and Specifications will lie for inspection at the Black Lion Inn, New Quay, from Monday, 23rd instant, to Saturday, 4th April, inclusive. Tenders on forms supplied to be sent by post, prepaid, addressed to the Architect, Mr. R. J. WITHERS, 51, Doughty-street, London, W. C. on or before Monday, 6th April, and of whom further particulars may be obtained. The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. D. EVANS, Rector of Llanllwohaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn Rectory, 16th March, 1863. [The Welshman, Carmarthen, 20 March 1863 page 4]

The new church just completed on the site of the old parish church of Llanllwchaiarn, Cardiganshire, was reopened by the Bishop of St. David's on the 11 May 1865. The new church consists of a nave, 57 feet by 22 feet; chancel, 24 feet by 18 feet, with western porch the whole width of nave, out of which springs a stone splrelet 70 feet high. The walls are 18 feet high, and the roof 40 feet to the ridge piece. The materials used are the local blue stone with box ground stone for all dressings external and internal. The timber is bright grained Quebec red pine throughout. The roofs are open and plastered between rafters internally, being covered with blue and green Carnarvon slate in patterns with Cardigan red tile ridge and crest. The nave is seated with low open benches to accommodate 180 adults, all of which are free and unappropriated. The chancel is furnished with stalls, subscllae, and prayer desk. The altar-table, which Is of oak and vested with a crimson cloth embroidered frontal and super-frontal, Is raised five steps above nave floor, and stands on a foot-paw backed by a stone retable and reredos formed in panels filled in with incised patterns in cement. The passages and chancel floor arc paved with tiles laid in various patterns. The style adopted by the architect, Mr. Withers, is Early Decorated freely treated, and the fabric cost about £ 1,100, the Incorporated Church Building Society contributing the liberal sum of £100. [The Guardian 24 May 1865 page 12]

NEW QUAY - LLANLLWCHAIARN CHURCH - This new and beautiful church was opened for public worship on Thursday the 11th inst. …. It is also very gratifying to mention that Mrs Withers, wife of R. J. Withers, Esq., architect, presented to the church a very handsome alter cloth. [The Welshman, Carmarthen, Friday 19 May 1865 page 6]

LLANLLWCHAIARN, CARDIGANSHIRE - On the 11th inst. the Bishop of St. David's reopened the new church for this parish, which has just been rebuilt on the site of a more ancient one to meet the requirements of the increasing population of the seaport town of New Quay, of which it is the parish church.  The new church is built from designs by Mr. Withers, and consists of a nave 57 feet by 22 feet, chancel 24 feet by 18 feet, with western porch, the whole width of nave, out of which springs a stone spirelet 70 feet high. The walls are 18 feet high and the cross 40 feet to the ridge piece. The materials are the local blue stone with box ground stone to all the dressings both internal and external. The roofs are all framed in Quebec red pine and open to view, being plastered between the rafters and covered with blue and green slates in patterns, with red tile ridge and crest. The nave is seated with low open benches to accommodate 180 adults, all of which are free and unappropriated. The chancel rises two steps from nave and is fitted with stalls and subsella. The altar table, which is of oak and vested in crimson, frontal and super-frontal, rises three more steps and stands on a foot-pace, behind which is a stone retable and panelled reredos filled in with incised patterns in cement. The passage and chancel floor are paved with small tiles in various patterns. The style is Early Middle Pointed, and the cost £1,100. The rector is still deficient £200.  [Church Times 27 May 1865 page 165]

Reference    Ecclesiologist February 1862 page 65
Reference    The Welshman, Carmarthen, 20 March 1863 page 4 - contracts
Reference    The Welshman, Carmarthen, Friday 19 May 1865 page 6 – opening
Reference    Church Times 27 May 1865 page 165
Reference    The Guardian, (London) 24 May 1865 page 12 – opening
Reference    Church Builder 1886 page 85
Reference    Builder 16 May 1863 and 3 June 1865
Reference    Building News 15 May 1863 page 383 - tenders
Reference    ICBS 06062