St Nidan's Church, Llanidan

This article is about the church built in the 19th century. For its medieval predecessor, see Old Church of St Nidan, Llanidan.

St Nidan's Church, Llanidan
The south side of the church
St Nidan's Church, Llanidan is located in Anglesey
St Nidan's Church, Llanidan
St Nidan's Church, Llanidan
Location in Anglesey
53°10′56″N 4°15′45″W / 53.182180°N 4.262597°W / 53.182180; -4.262597
OS grid referenceSH 489 674
LocationBrynsiencyn, Anglesey
CountryWales, United Kingdom
DenominationChurch in Wales
History
StatusChurch
Founded1839–1843
DedicationNidan
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated30 January 1968
Architect(s)John Welch
StyleGothic revival
Specifications
MaterialsRed gritstone dressed with sandstone
Administration
ProvinceProvince of Wales
DioceseDiocese of Bangor
ArchdeaconryBangor
DeaneryTindaethwy and Menai
ParishNewborough with Llanidan with Llangeinwen and Llanfair-yn-y-Cymwd
Clergy
Priest in chargeE. Roberts[1]

St Nidan's Church, Llanidan is a 19th-century parish church near the village of Brynsiencyn, in Anglesey, north Wales. Built between 1839 and 1843, it replaced the Old Church of St Nidan, Llanidan, which needed significant repair, providing a place of Anglican worship nearer to the village than the old church. Some items were moved here from the old church, including the 13th-century font, two bells from the 14th and 15th century, and a reliquary thought to hold the remains of St Nidan. The tower at the west end has been described as "top heavy" and looking like "a water tower".[2]

The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, one of five in a group of parishes in the south of Anglesey. It is a Grade II listed building, a national designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them",[3] in particular because it is regarded as "a distinctive example of pre-archaeological gothic revival work."[4] The 19th-century clergyman and antiquarian Harry Longueville Jones said that it had been built in a "debased barbarous style, showing neither architectural science nor taste".[5]

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  3. ^ What is listing? (PDF). Cadw. 2005. p. 6. ISBN 1-85760-222-6.
  4. ^ Cadw. "Church of St Nidan (new church) (5539)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
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