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Sarah Perons
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In search of light, stone, and stories — in churches & chapels, mostly Wales, sometimes over the border🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Heritage consultant - churchescymru.org | Commissioner @rcahmwales.bsky.social | Dysgwr Cymraeg
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Last year I visited Albania, came home, put this together and then promptly forgot about it! So for historic Orthodox churches, icons, spectacular scenery and a donkey take a minute to enjoy this.
August 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Is this the only stained glass window to feature a cormorant?! 'The Arrival of St Tecwyn' (by coracle from Brittany). Window by Polly Hope, 1988 and in St Michael’s church, Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Gwynedd, on the Llwybr Cadfan pilgrimage route. pererin.com
Stained glass window in two arched panels. The left panel shows St Tecwyn standing in a coracle on blue waves, holding a cross and a red Bible. Below him, a black cormorant stands on the water with a scroll reading “CROESO I DECWYN SANT.” The right panel depicts a coastal landscape with two ponies on green hills beside the sea. At the bottom, a jug of daffodils bears an inscription. A dove flies above in a small pointed pane at the top. The glass is vivid, using blues, greens, and earth tones.
August 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The Cadfan Stone at St Cadfan's in Towyn is a fascinating survival from 9th century Wales - with not only the earliest example of written Welsh but uniquely, commemorating two women - Tengrumui, and Cun, wife of Celyn. Poignantly it adds: 'Grief and loss remain'. broystumanner.com/st-cadfan-home
August 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Monument at St Tegfan, Llandegfan to Thomas Davis, Gent., who served two Princes of Wales—Henry and Charles—and later King Charles I as Messenger in Ordinary of His Majesty’s Chamber. Died 1649.
Stone memorial monument inside St Tegfan Church, Llandegfan, depicting a bust of Thomas Davis in period attire with ruffled collar and ornate sleeves, set within a roundel above an inscribed plaque. A skull sits atop the monument. Surrounding it are decorative marble carvings, brass candlesticks, and a golden cross leaning nearby.
July 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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A cool escape in the heatwave: ancient yews line the path to St Tygai, Llandygai offering shade and stillness.
Dianc cŵl yn y don wres: ywenni hynafol yn leinio'r llwybr i Tygai Sant, Llandygái yn cynnig cysgod a llonyddwch.
A shaded tree-lined path leads through an open iron gate towards a stone church building with an arched entrance. Tall, ancient yew trees form a green canopy overhead, casting dappled sunlight onto the gravel path.
July 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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St Cian’s Church, Llangian — Grade II listed and on the Llywbr Cadfan pilgrimage route - pererin.com

First recorded in the 13th century, rebuilt in the 1400s and restored again in 1858. The charming timber porch? A later addition from around 1906.
July 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Llangelynnin Old Church has watched over Cardigan Bay from the coastal cliffs of Gwynedd since the 13th century — quiet, weathered and somehow timeless.
June 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Driving in the Forest of Dean when this striking church came into sight with a Church Open sign. Seemed rude not to stop! Date 1856 by architect George Gilbert Scott. Sadly on the Historic England Heritage at Risk register but a big shout out to those volunteers who keep this stunning church open.
June 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A beautiful flock frozen in glass at Llandaff Cathedral. These delicate panels showcase birds with vivid detail and a painter’s care—each a tiny portrait of nature caught in light. #WindowsOnWednesday #LlandaffCathedral #StainedGlass #Birds
A section of stained glass at Llandaff Cathedral showing six small painted panels, each depicting a different bird in naturalistic detail. The birds include a kingfisher, partridge, pigeon, and other species, set against a pale background with surrounding small rectangular plain glass panes. The style is delicate and illustrative, capturing the birds in lifelike poses.
May 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Bold colours. Trumpet-like pipes. The 1862 organ at St Mary’s Priory, Usk is a Victorian showpiece. Built for Llandaff Cathedral, moved here in 1900.
#Usk #HistoricOrgan #VictorianGothic #ChurchArt
A richly detailed Victorian pipe organ at St Mary’s Priory, Usk. The organ is framed by a stone Gothic arch and features an elaborate arrangement of polychrome pipes in green, red, and gold. Several trumpet-like pipes project horizontally from the front, adding a dramatic flair. The wooden organ case below is ornately carved with Gothic tracery and floral motifs.
May 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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#AdoorableThursday at St David, Llangeview
May 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The painted ceiling at #WorcesterCathedral is absolutely stunning—golden ribs, angels and intricate patterns soaring overhead. Much of the decoration dates to the Victorian restoration led by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. #GothicArchitecture
Ornate painted ceiling of Worcester Cathedral, viewed from directly below. The ceiling features golden ribbed vaulting with richly decorated panels containing floral patterns and medieval saintly figures. Toward the far end, a large circular mural depicts a celestial scene with angels radiating outward. Gothic arches and clerestory windows frame the view on both sides
May 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Tomb of the Venerable Bede, Durham Cathedral. Wording reads: 'Christ is the Morning Star who when the night of this world is past brings to his saints the promise of the light of life and opens everlasting day'
Memorial designed by George Pace and sculpted by Frank Roper.
Interior view of Durham cathedral, featuring a stone tomb surrounded by ornate candlesticks. Behind the tomb is a wall with a large gold Latin inscription framed by Romanesque arches. In the foreground, there is an intricately carved wooden lectern displaying a framed prayer titled "A Prayer of Venerable Bede." The setting is dimly lit with a reverent and solemn atmosphere.
May 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Leafy Lancaster...
May 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Gorgeous animal & bird designs on these organ pipes at St David’s, Merthyr 😍 Inspired by the epic hymn of praise sung by Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego when the Angel of the Lord rescued them from Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace (Book of Daniel:3) 🔥✨ #ChurchArt #OrganPipes
Close-up of beautifully decorated organ pipes at St David’s Church in Merthyr, featuring gold-painted animals and birds on a light blue background. The pipes are adorned with lions, deer, birds, and other creatures, with a verse above reading, “O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord...” – inspired by the biblical hymn of praise from the fiery furnace story.
April 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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St Tegfedd, Llandegfedd — medieval foundation, rebuilt 1875–76. A small, charming church with some early 19th-century box pews — an unusual survival in South Wales ✨ #Churches #SouthWales #History #Architecture
Exterior of St Tegfedd’s Church, Llandegfedd — A small, stone-built church with a steeply pitched gable roof. At the front, a simple wooden gate leads into a shadowed porch beneath a triangular façade. Two exposed bells sit in arched openings above. The ground is scattered with fallen cherry blossoms, and the church is surrounded by lush grass, gravestones, and springtime trees under a blue, lightly clouded sky. Interior of St Tegfedd’s Church in Llandegfedd — View down the central aisle toward the altar, framed by a stone arch. The church features a wooden barrel-vaulted ceiling, white plaster walls with memorial plaques, and rare early 19th-century wooden box pews on one side. A patterned carpet runner leads to the altar, which is adorned with floral arrangements and stained glass windows behind it. Soft natural light filters in through small arched windows, creating a serene atmosphere.
April 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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St Beuno, Pistyll, Gwynedd.
Gem o eglwys - rhuthro ar y llawr a heb drydan. O, a lleoliad gwych hefyd!

St Beuno, Pistyll, Gwynedd. A gem of a church - rushes on the floor and without electricity. Oh, and a wonderful setting too!
March 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Golygfa hyfryd heddiw o Nant Gwrtheyrn 😎 Stunning view today from Nant Gwrtheyrn, Gwynedd #Cymru
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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In 1783, 3000 or so Loyalist refugees from the former American colonies arrived in the small settlement of Saint John, New Brunswick. This memorial at Trinity Church both commemorates their deeply-felt loss and celebrates their resilience. #Canada 🇨🇦
March 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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This week's #FontsOnFriday features an early medieval font from #Ireland Originally from Inchiologhan Church, it's now at St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny 🇮🇪
March 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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This model of St Joseph's, Cwmaman echoes the decay of the now-redundant church it sits in—there's a cautionary tale here against designing a church on a hillside with five roof valleys, complicated drainage, and not accounting for Welsh weather... 🤔🌧️😢
A model of a Victorian church which sits on a dusty windowsill
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Celebrating #DyddGŵylDewi #StDavidsDay with two interpretations of Dewi Sant in Welsh churches—though he almost certainly didn’t look like either! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
🟢 at St David, Resolven (Hardman Studios)
🔴 at The Resurrection, Ely, Cardiff (Maile Studios, 1956)
#GwnewchYPethauBychan #DoTheLittleThings
A stained glass window with a representation of St David. He wears green priest's robes and a bishop's mitre and carries a crozier. A stained glass window with a representation of St David. He wears red priest's robes and a bishop's mitre and carries a crozier.
March 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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A hint of a Welsh summer at Ogmore-by-Sea today😎☀️🏖️
February 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A striking detail of the tiled reredos at the Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan. #TilesOnTuesday
February 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Paused on my way back from Coffi a Chlonc at Eglwys Dewi Sant and a catch-up with commsguymatt.bsky.social to snap City URC (Grade II*). Here’s the west window, remodelled in 1893 by E. M. Bruce-Vaughan. In Cardiff, it often pays to #LookUp to where the original architecture remains untouched!
A detail of the west window of the church, central feature is a sexfoil window surrounded by rope moulding encircled by 10 smaller quatrefoil windows. Underneath are 4 arched windows with slender stone columns in between.
February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM