Farmhouse holiday cottages in a tranquil rural hideaway Ceredigion, West Wales. An ideal base for exploring The Teifi Valley, Cardigan Bay and Pembrokeshire.
The church with its location overlooking Cardigan Bay is stunning.
Many people feel the church is a special place – a ‘thin place’ – where the presence of God seems very real.
Named after St David the patron Saint of Wales, this is Britain’s smallest city (population 1,600), by virtue of it having a cathedral. The Cathedral is beautiful inside and out and is constructed in part with the distinctive purple coloured local stone.
The church of St Llawddog, is a grade II listed building.
The churchyard contains a megalithic standing stone or Ogham stone upon which Ogham writing can still be seen.
The church, dedicated to St. Michael, having fallen into decay, was rebuilt in the Grecian style, in 1773 . . . principally from the ruins of the ancient abbey .
Llangrannog’s origins are from St Carantog. Around about 550AD he established a religious settlement not far from the seashore where the current St. Crannog’s church stands today.
Today’s church was built in 1884-5.
Built into the side of a limestone cliff, the chapel is tiny (7 x 4 metres).
Mainly built in the thirteenth century, but parts of it may date back to the sixth century when Saint Govan, a monk moved into a cave located on the site of the chapel.
The parish church is dedicated to the local saint, St. Llawddog. Although the present building is relatively modern, it is on an important ancient site.
The need for a permanent church building became obvious by the later nineteenth century, especially as the opening of Borth railway station in 1863 brought additional holiday makers. .....
The church is dates from the 12th century, or earlier and is grade 1 listed.
It stands above the settlement and beach of Penbryn, a National Trust owned, stretch of the coast. It is in a beautiful spot and has excellent views across Cardigan Bay
The church, which stands alongside the abbey today, is of much later Victorian origins. Links with the medieval past remain amongst the ruins of the old abbey church where original 15th-century floor tiles can still be seen.