Inside St. Cynllo’s church in Llangunllo there are these features:
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Medieval Doorway
Roof
Chancel
Windows
Font
Tiles
Bells
Organ
Silver
Monuments
Bier
Stained Glass
Medieval Doorway
The four-centred arch of the door leading into the modern vestry situated in the tower is fifteenth century and may have been the entrance to an earlier church.
Roof
Although fifteenth century in style the roof of the nave of the church, dates completely from the time of the restoration. It is constructed of alternating tie-beams and open arch-braced trusses.
The principal trusses rest on elaborately moulded timber corbels.
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Chancel
The archway to the chancel is pointed and lofty. The arch has engaged (inserted) columns and transept arcading with moulded capitals.
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Aumbry: To the left of the altar, the chancel has a locked, trefoil-headed aumbry, the place where reserve communion is kept. It has two compartments, one for the sacrament and one for documents. There is also a sanctus light, to be lit when the sacrament is present.
Piscina: To the right of the altar is a trefoil headed piscina, for washing communion vessels. Notice the drain.
Sedilia: Next to the piscina and set into the window embrasure is a double sedilia, providing seating for those assisting at the altar.
Windows
The earliest part of the church remaining today is the small 13th century lancet window in the north wall of the nave.
All of the windows employ deepset lancets, an early English style.
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Font
The present font is at least the third in the church’s history and dates from 1900.
Its cover originally came from the church at New Radnor.
An older font dating from 1790 stands near the lectern.
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Tiles
The Chancel and Sanctuary have fine encaustic tiles.
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Bells
The belfry of the tower houses four bells. The oldest is dated 1614 and inscribed, ‘Give thankes to god’. Two others were recast by William Blowes of Birmingham in 1869. The fourth is a much smaller bell without any date or inscription, which was purchased in 1788 at a cost of £2 4s, 6d.
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Organ
The organ was built by the firm of White and Sentance.
Silver
The church silver includes a repaired large flagon.
The silver paten shown is from the reign of George II. It was a gift of Mrs Anne Chamberlayne, the daughter of the Rev. James Footman. Her tombstone in the tower floor records that she lived with her husband William at Cefnsuran.
The large double-handed silver chalice bearing the date 1766 was acquired ‘for exchanging the Communion Cup’ at a cost of £2 15s, 0d. It has been suggested that it was exchanged for an earlier Elizabethan chalice.
Monuments
Inside the nave are two wall monuments which were present in the church before restoration, and which are mentioned by the Rev. Jonathan Williams.
One memorial, over the tower door is to the memory of James and Thomas, sons of James and Anne Meyrick of Penyclawdd in this parish. The monument, which has a ‘broken pediment’ enclosing a fine decorated urn, records that the latter son, who died in 1766 at the age of 24 years, ‘was eminent for his virtue and piety’.
The monument was erected by Elizabeth Pritchard, his wife, who describes herself as, ‘his sorrowing relic’. The monument praises his manners and tells us that he was D.L. and J.P. for the county of Radnor as well as High Sheriff in 1769.
Bier
Stained Glass
There is a maker’s name in the central window “Ward & Hughes, London 1886.”
There are windows in St Mary’s Ruabon, Wrexham which are also by Ward and Hughes and the artist who designed them was George Parlby.
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