St Mary's Church is located on the site of a medieval church, of which there are records dated 1254. It is situated within an irregularly shaped churchyard, which appears to have once been curvilinear in form. The church contains the fourteenth century effigy, re-set from the medieval church, of Meurig ab Ynyr Fychan carrying a naked sword. The present church, a Grade II listed building, is entirely Early Georgian and a rarity in Wales. It was built in 1716 and consists of a nave and apsidal chapel, north and south aisles and a west tower. The nave is divided from the aisles by arcades of wooden beams. With its large arched windows and apse, it is a reduced version of the church at Whitchurch, Shropshire, which was built in 1712. The church was restored in 1864. The chancel arch dates to this time, which is when the windows of the apse were altered. A central window was inserted in 1901. The western end upper room was added by Roy Olsen of Dolgellau in 1992.
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