Church of St Ilan

The low pointed tower arch (possibly C13) and the round chancel arch are both plastered. The nave has a C19 open wagon roof with closely-spaced trusses. The porch roof is similar. The chancel has a C19 boarded wagon roof. A blocked doorway to a former rood loft is on the N side of the chancel arch.

An early medieval tub font is on a C19 pedestal. The wooden pulpit and eagle lectern are a pair dated 1891, the pulpit octagonal with open arcaded frieze. The E window and nave N window are by T. Curtis, Ward and Hughes of London, dated 1899. The E window shows the supper at Emmaus, with figures of saints Cattwg, Ilan and Cenydd beneath. The nave window depicts ''''Consider the lilies''''. The large S window in the nave is by Frank Roper c1961. A fragment of early Christian inscribed stone is attached to the nave N wall. Various wall tablets in the nave and chancel of the C18 and C19, including an oval tablet with Grecian urn to Edward Jacob (d. 1804).

Upland Glamorgan church consisting of W tower, nave with S porch and a lower and narrower chancel. Of random rubble sandstone. The nave has a roof of reconstituted stone tiles laid in the 1980-4 restoration, the chancel has C19 clay tiles. The nave has a porch L of centre with rubble walls splayed at the base and rough pointed arch. To the L of the porch is an C18 2-light mullioned window. To the R is a round-headed window in a coursed rubble surround, above the head of which is inscribed ''''ME 1762 WI''''. Further R is a 3-light window with round-headed lights and inscription above ''''WE 1751''''. The SE angle of the nave has a shallow projecting and battered sleeve of coursed sandstone added in the C18 and incorporating a single round-headed light. The chancel S wall has a priest''''s door to the L under a 2-centred head and stop-chamfer surround, to the R of which is a single and a pair of cusped lancets. The small E window consists of 3 stepped lights with cusped heads.

On the N side of the nave is a C19 3-light stepped window to the L, with cusped heads and a pointed trefoil in the head of the centre light. In the centre is a blocked C17 doorway under a lintel with a chamfered surround. To the R is a C17 2-light mullioned window and a blocked window further R. The tower has 2 stages, separated by a string course in S and W faces. The upper stage is slightly narrower. The W doorway is round-headed and has C19 boarded door. In the S wall is a SE turret to the lower stage with 2 small stair lights. The S wall has single small lights in each stage, the N wall a 2-light window in the lower stage. The S, N and E faces have 2-light mullioned bell openings with louvres. An embattled parapet has small pinnacles at the angles.