Dyffryn And Talybont Served By Llanddwywe Church In Bro Ardudwy

Church in Wales in Bro Ardudwy Ministry Area Llanddwywe church Talybont serves both Dyffryn Ardudwy and Talybont . For next Sunday's services please see header at the top of the page

Llanddwywe church Talybont is open every day (except if there is to be a funeral) and is a welcoming space for some quiet time and prayer. Dyffyrn & Talybont is a vibrant, welcomg church, and all are welcome to join anything that takes place . Copies of the weekly new sheet The Bro can be had by contacting pamjodam101@gmail.com

The Hall on the main street is a wonderful resource for the whole of Bro Ardudwy and is the centre for many groups to meet. Art group, craft club, gardening club after school clwb, Mother's Union, Teulu Ardudwy, Bible Study and many others meet there.

Our services are bi lingual (with a slight bias to English because of the number of visitors we attract) and alternate between a Communion service and an all age friendly morning service of praise, prayer and scripture. The Vaughn Chapel attached to the church makes a wonderful escape place for smaller peole to colour and play. Coffee and tea are serviced after the service. At the moment there are no toilet facilities in the church but we are working on that! !

St Dwywe’s Church was first mentioned in documents dating to 1292-1293. It is situated within a curvilinear churchyard The current building is a restored and repaired church dating from 1593 – reroofed and extensive restoration work between 2004-2010 (£60, 000)
It is constructed of rubble stone. Its structure is mainly of late medieval and post reformation date, and shows the strong influence of the Vaughans of Corsygedol who were responsible for much of the work. It consists of a continuous nave and chancel, north chapel, south porch and belfry. The current nave and chancel are thought to date to 1593, as there is a reset date stone above the south porch. The north chapel was added in 1615. An open screen dated 1620 separates the north chapel from the chancel. its sill is thought to be part of a reused medieval beam, probably from a former rood screen. The east end of the south wall was rebuilt in 1663. In the eighteenth century the iron railings were erected to separate the nave and chancel. In 1925 the walls were repointed and the screen was repaired. A restoration was carried out in 1963. The interior of the north chapel was plastered in 1993. In 1615 a special license was granted, by Oliver Lloyd, LL. D. , Commissory appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the diocese of Bangor, to Griffith Vaughan (d. 1616) to build the family chapel and burial place; the screen was erected in 1620 by his son William. The S wall of the chancel was rebuilt in 1663 (a datestone on the outer wall bears the initials and date WV 1663 - for Griffith Vaughan's great-grandson William). The church has an exposed roof of arch braced collared trusses and cusped windbraces. The E end is panelled to form a canopy over the altar and has a billeted cornice, ornately carved ribs with geometric patterned motifs and shaped chamfered dividers. The chapel roof also has arched braced collared trusses with cusped braces over the collar; down to wall posts on corbels, one along the W wall bearing the date: 1615.