Listed Churches

Church of St Thomas, Penycae
Grade II

The church is located at the upper south western end of Penycae. The Church was built as a new foundation in 1877-8 to designs of Sir Aston Webb. A foundation stone was laid by Lady Williams Wynne of Wynnstay as major local landowners. The family were probably benefactors of the Church. Land for the vicarage was given to the church in 1892 by Lord Kenyon. It is a fine late 19th Century vicarage in the manner of John Douglas, and may have been designed by an assistant or former pupil.

A robust Early English style was adopted, built of rock faced rubble in Cefn sandstone with ashlar dressings, and a slate roof with terracotta crestings. It has a bellcote to the east of the nave with the roof stepped down beyond it.

It is listed as a rare example in Wales of the work of Sir Aston Webb, a robust exercise in simple Gothic forms and apt for its upland setting serving a small community.

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