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| Gargoyle at Llantrisant |
For me the most striking thing about this church is its massive bulk, especially that of the tower, which with its large four angled buttresses and octagonal stair turret dominates the town.
This photograph shows probably the best preserved of the four gargoyles with their hands gripping the mouth open in a wide and possibly painful grimace. Perched on the edge of the corner of the top moulding just below the crenellations, they look down over each pinacled buttress. The buttresses themselves are in four tiers with angled set offs over the dressed weathered limestone. This is in contrast to the rough rubble walling of the main tower presumably made from local sandstone.
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| Tudor style window |
On the west side of the tower just above the pointed arch of the doorway is a tudor style window with its flat topped hoodmould, spandrels and three lights. In the sandstone rubble walling are dotted holes for scaffolding or putlog holes. These only occur in the lower part of the tower below the centre moulding.
