St Illtyds Church, Oxwich Bay

Just down the road from the Hotel is this very old little church, St Illtyds. I have been walking the dog, past and around it all week !

The chancel of this church marks the original 6th century cell, and retains its Norman arch. The nave was later lengthened, probably at the same time as the tower was added, in the 14th century. The east window and the figures of a knight and his lady in a niche in
the north wall are from the same period.

Legend suggests that St Illtyd himself brought the Sutton Stone font to Oxwich. The decoration of the chancel was instigated by Leslie Young, artistic director of Sadler’s Wells in 1931, who used to holiday nearby.