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Title: Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ... with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families Year: 1872 (1870s) Authors: Nicholas, Thomas, 1820-1879 Subjects: Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, Reader Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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Text Appearing Before Image: ese in point of theexecution of those details that are evidently original, while it is surpassed by few in dignity ofscale and proportion; its beautiful southern doorway, however, alone remains to show what theinternal features may have been, which are now replaced by work of an entirely different andruder class,—as, for instance, the arches supporting the tower. The windows, though butsimple lancet-shaped openings with chamfered edges, have dressings of the best description.The tower, which is evidently of a later date, as it has many older worked stones built intoit, has unfortunately none of the usual weatherings to show the original pitch of the roofs.The present roofs, of indifferent characters, are comparatively modern. This description is taken from the report of the architect, J. P. Seddon, Esq., of London,under whose superintendence the old church is now in process of restoration. Mr.Seddons ability and intimate knowledge of Gothic architecture in all its stages of develop-

Text Appearing After Image: Llanbadarn-Fawr Church. ment, both in P^ngland and Wales, and on the Continent, are well known, and have been putto a satisfactoiy test in the restoration of Llandafif Cathedral (see Llandaff Cathedral) andother ecclesiastical structures in the Principahty \ and it is a happy thing that the restorationof so venerable an edifice as the church of Llanbadarn-Fawr has been entrusted into suchcompetent hands. Our drawing shows the church as it will be when the work now inprogress has been completed. i62 CARDIGANSHIRE. The state of this churchs affairs in the twelfth century, when Giraldus Cambrensis visitedit, was anything but satisfactory. Roman corruption and worldly abuses seemed to run arace. The zealous archdeacon speaks plainly; Having rested that night at Llanpadarn-Fawr, or the church of Paternus the Great, we attracted many persons to the service ofChrist on the following morning. It is remarkable that this church, like many others in Walesand Ireland, has a lay abbot; for a bad c

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