Church of St Peter, St Paul and St John, Llantrisant
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Church of St Peter, St Paul and St John
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| 51°40′04″N 2°52′54″W / 51.6678°N 2.8817°WCoordinates: 51°40′04″N 2°52′54″W / 51.6678°N 2.8817°W | |
| Location | Monmouth, Monmouthshire |
| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Church in Wales |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Grade I listed |
| Style | Decorated |
| Years built | 13th century |
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| Diocese | Monmouth |
The Church of St Peter, St Paul and St John, is the parish church of Llantrisant, Monmouthshire, Wales. Described by the architectural historian, John Newman as "a handsome church" in the Decorated style, it is a Grade I listed building as of 18 November 1980.
The church is fourteenth century in origin but nothing remains of this period beyond a single lancet window in the nave. The remainder is of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries", and of the restoration by E A Landsdowne in 1880-1.
Visiting the church in the 1950s, local historian Fred Hando noted fixed stones, on both the outside of the tower and inside on the wall of the nave, with the inscription 1593 E.R. XXXV. Hando also suggests that, despite the conventional dedication of the church to Peter, Paul and John, a more probable original dedication would have been to ".. the saints known in the Welsh triads as the Blessed visitors of Britain – David, Padarn and Teilo."
There are two bells dated 1662 and 1829. The inner doorway of the porch has a stone which bears a consecration cross. The octagonal font bears the inscription Iohn Iones which is dated 1673.
Behind the pulpit is a marble monument, which comprises a broken Ionic column and an inscription to John Gardner Kemeys Esquire (see below). The inscription is concluded with two Kemeys pheons and the family motto in Welsh: Duw dy Ras (God thy grace).
John Gardner Kemeys Esquire of Bertholy House, died 1830 aged 73 years
Columns and laboured urns but vainly show
In idle scene of decorated woe.
The dear relation and the friend sincere
Need no mechanic help to force a tear.
In heart-felt numbers never meant to shine
"Twill flow eternal o'er a heart like thine;
'Twill flow while gentle goodness has one friend
Or kindred tempers have a tear to lend.
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