Church Building.

The
present building, dating from the 14th century, replaces an earlier
pre-Norman place of worship. There are many noteworthy features in this
beautiful place of worship, hallowed by the prayers and praises of the faithful
over the centuries.
Well worth
seeing are :-
- sepulchral effigies of the 14th century
-
a medieval wall painting discovered in 1870 beneath plaster
which was intended to obliterate an early 15th century definition
of the parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25)
-
a very fine monumental effigy dating from the early 16th
century
-
memorials to members of the Williams Wynn family of
Wynnstay, Ruabon, who were responsible for many generous benefactions to their
parish church
-
sculptures by Michael Rysbrack (1753) and by Joseph
Nollekens (1773)
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a font designed by Robert Adam (1772)
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two fine chandeliers from the late 18th century
-
two chests, a wooden one dated 1637, and an iron one made
in 1738
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beautiful 19th century stained glass, mostly by
Ward & Hughes of London to the design of T. F. Curtis and G. Parlby
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