Church of St Buan

Imposing interior dominated by broad chevron-moulded arches of crossing on big paired round columns with florid capitals. Tower roof has short column shafts in angles on carved corbels and with ornate carved capitals. Roofs have arch-braced collar trusses except second bay of nave which has boarding to arched roof, probably of 1911. W end of nave has organ gallery with arched sandstone centre door and paired arched marble plaques each side. Pine newel stair up from lobby. Twin oak cased organ by Walker & Sons, 1911. Timber blind arcading to gallery front. Lobby has round arched stone arcading on left and right sides. Open area on right with four-sided stone font, limestone pedestal with urn in memory of W Knight 1678-1754, and 14 C19 embossed steel-plate wall memorials. Doors to vestry and stair on left side. Boarded doors to nave. Red sandstone window surrounds in chancel and transepts with moulded arches and column shafts with carved capitals. Pulpit, reading desk and altar-rail are oak with round arcading. Oak pews have low boarded backs. Marble altar with six round legs and ogee sides. N chancel window has rich stained glass of Christ's Promise, in memory of the 3rd Baron Newborough, given by F G Wynn 1898. S chancel window depicting the Ascension. N transept E window depicting St Cadfan. N transept wall has 2 white marble memorials and 3 wall tablets to members of the Wynn family. Belfry has stone stair from N transept, with seven bells from earlier building, two dated 1754 and one 1774.

Large cruciform neo-Romanesque church in unpainted stucco with red sandstone dressings. Nave, big square crossing tower and short transepts and chancel. Gabled slate roofs with sandstone copings and cross finials. Openings are all round headed, moulded with attached shafts and cushion capitals. Leaded lights. Two-bay nave, single bay transepts and chancel, the windows recessed with roll-moulded arches, hoodmoulds and inset shafts, larger end-gable windows, and nave W end has triple arched window over big flat-roofed corniced W porch. This has similar mouldings to W entry and broad side arches over triple-arches with column shafts. Centre broad tower has triple arched louvred belfry windows with similar attached shafting, but without hoodmoulds. Flush ashlar angle strips, moulded cornice and sandstone battlements. Another moulded heavier cornice below bell-stage with roundel below and heavy double band around at ridge level of roofs. NW projecting stair-turret, flat capped below bell-stage with slim arched stair lights. Door on N side. Small gabled vestry on N side of nave, in second bay, with coped gable, arched W door and small arched N and E windows.