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Welsh St Donats
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An attractive small church with solid tower in a very large graveyard. The church is accessed through the village, and there is a farm and farmland adjacent. The tower is battered in the lower half and appears to widen towards the top half with its large corbelled battlements, so that it appears almost curved with a slight waist. The church was locked on my visit.
The church was restored in 1891 and interestingly this is the date stamped into the entrance gate. Other evidence of the restoration work is in the replacement windows such as this one on the south side of the nave.
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| 1891 Three light window |
Other more recent work includes re pointing work on the tower which has been done using lime mortar in its lower half. The older mortar above gives the tower a distinctive two tone appearance.
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| Recent pointing below string course |
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