Church of St. Bridget
St Bridget: church from early c12, rebuilt c14, restored 1885
St Bridget: stout c15 Perpendicular three-stage tower with diagonal buttresses
St Bridget: nave of uncertain date heavily restored in 1851 when large windows were inserted
St Bridget: c12 plain, round-headed chancel arch; large squints either side
St Bridget: chancel rebuilt c14 with two-light east window; c16 vault escaped restoration
St Bridget: early c16 statue of St Bridget; book under right arm, pen in left
St Bridget: elaborate Perpendicular tomb chest to John Butler, c.1540, & wife Jane Bassett
St Bridget: recumbent effigies of John Butler of Dunraven, c.1540, & wife Jane Bassett of Beaupre
St Bridget: John Butler of Dunraven, c.1540
St Bridget: Jane Bassett of Beaupre, wife of John Butler, c.1540
St Bridget: kneeling children from the monument to John Butler of Dunraven, c.1540
St Bridget: memorial to John Wyndham of Dunraven, d.1697, & wife Jane Strode of Barrington Court, d.1698
St Bridget: memorial to John Wyndham of Dunraven, d.1697; half length busts in bow backed recess; looped back curtains
St Bridget: inscription from the memorial to John Wyndham of Dunraven, d.1697
St Bridget: one of several rustic tablets; William Turbill (Turberville) of Ogmore, d.1666
St Bridget: neo-classical memorial to Thomas Wyndham of Dunraven Castle, d.1814
St Bridget: drawing of burial slab to John de Botiler of Llantwit, d. c1335; actual slab is hidden behind the altar
Entry Name: Church of St Bridget
Listing Date: 26 July 1963
Grade: II*
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 11226
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300011226
Location: Set within a polygonal churchyard on the hillside, towards the NW end of St. Brides Major.
County: Vale of Glamorgan
Community: St. Bride's Major (Saint-y-Brid)
Community: St. Bride's Major
Locality: St Brides Major
Built-Up Area: St Brides Major
Traditional County: Glamorgan