St Grwst's Church, Llanrwst

St Grwst's is constructed in rubble stone with limestone dressings.[2] Its architectural style is Perpendicular.[3] The plan consists of a nave and chancel in a single range, a north aisle, a south porch, the Gwydir Chapel at the southeast corner, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages, with diagonal buttresses, and a castellated parapet. The Gwydir Chapel also has a castellated parapet. Both the chapel and the nave have four-light east windows.[2]

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  1830, Engraving
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  St Grwst 2007
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  St Grwst 2007
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  Interior before 2019 reordering

Inside the church is a north arcade of three bays, carried on octagonal piers. The rood screen is still present, and has retained its loft. It is considered to be one of the finest in Wales.[2] It has twelve bays, with a central doorway. Its tracery is elaborately carved with a vine-trail rail, and depictions of such subjects as the Instruments of the Passion, and pigs eating acorns.[2] The font has a "bowl of weird organic forms".[3] Also in the church are painted Royal arms dating from before 1801.[3] The Gwydir Chapel contains 17th-century fittings and fixtures, including stalls, a lectern and a communion table.[2] There are also numerous monuments and a 13th-century stone coffin; the latter is said to be that of Llywelyn the Great. The monuments which date from about 1440 to the 17th century, include those of Sir John Wynn, who died in 1627, and other members of the Wynn family.[3]

The Llanrwst Bell has been described as an old funeral bell and, according to Geraldus Cambrensis was in use about 450 AD. The bells, from Ireland, were originally used as cattle bells but later adapted for ecclesiastical purposes.[6]