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{{Infobox church | name = St Garmon's Church, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl| fullname = | image = St Garmon's Church, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl.jpg| imagesize = | caption = St Garmon's Church, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl,<br />from the southeast| location = [[Llanarmon-yn-Iâl]], [[Denbighshire]]| country = Wales | coordinates = {{coord|53.0965|-3.2100|region:GB_type:landmark|display= title}}| osgraw = SJ190561| denomination = [[Anglican]] | churchmanship = | membership = | attendance = | website = [https://dyffrynclwyd.co.uk/ St Garmon's Church, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl]  | former name = | bull date = | founded date = | founder = | dedication = [[Germanus of Auxerre|St Garmon]]| dedicated date = | consecrated date = | cult = | relics = | events = | past bishop = | people = | status = | functional status = | heritage designation = Grade I| designated date = 19 July 1966| architect = [[John Douglas (English architect)|John Douglas]]| architectural type = [[Church (building)|Church]]| style = | groundbreaking = | completed date = | construction cost = | closed date = | demolished date = | capacity = | length = | width = | width nave = | height = | diameter = | other dimensions = | floor count = | floor area =  | spire quantity = | spire height = | materials = Stone with a slate roof| parish = Llanarmon-yn-Iâl| deanery = Dyffryn Clwyd| archdeaconry = St Asaph| diocese = [[diocese of St Asaph|St Asaph]]| province = [[Church in Wales]]| | rector = | vicar = Rev Phillip Chew| curate = | priest = | asstpriest = | minister = | assistant = | honpriest = | deacon = | seniorpastor = | pastor = | abbot = | chaplain = | reader = | organistdom = | director = | organist = | organscholar = | chapterclerk = | laychapter = | warden = | flowerguild = | musicgroup = | parishadmin = | serversguild = | logo = | logosize = }}
[[File:Eglwys Sant Garmon - St Garmon's Church, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales 36.jpg|thumb|St Garmon's Church, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl]]
'''St Garmon's Church''' is in the centre of the village of [[Llanarmon-yn-Iâl]], [[Denbighshire]], Wales. It is an active [[Anglican]] church in the [[diocese of St Asaph]], the archdeaconry of St Asaph and the deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/places/deaneries/?id=3| title = Dyffryn Clwyd| access-date = 31 October 2013| publisher = [[Church in Wales]]}}</ref> It is designated by [[Cadw]] as a Grade&nbsp;I [[listed building]].<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=735 |desc=Church of St Garmon |grade=I |mode=cs2 |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>
==History==
The church dates from 1282; a second nave was added about 1450.<ref name=parish>{{Citation | url = http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/parishholding/asaph/a035-en/churches-en/st-garmon_-en/church_view| title = St Garmon | access-date = 16 June 2009| publisher = [[Church in Wales]]}}</ref> Much of the church was rebuilt in 1736. Around that time, Edward Whetnall, a [[Carpentry|carpenter]] from [[Wrexham]], replaced the stone [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade]] between the two naves with an arcade in timber. In 1759 a gallery was built at the west end of the south nave, and it was extended in 1781. It is likely that the porch was enlarged in 1774. In 1870 the church was restored by [[John Douglas (English architect)|John Douglas]], adding some [[English Gothic architecture|Gothic]]-style windows and bracing to the [[colonnade]]. The [[box pew]]s were also removed, and it is likely that the gallery was removed at this time. There were further restorations in 1906, in the late 1920s, and in the 1970s.<ref name=cpat>{{Citation | url = http://www.dyffrynclwyd.org.uk/llanarmon.htm| title = Church of St Garmon , Llanarmon-yn-Ial | access-date = 16 June 2009 | publisher = [[Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust]]}}</ref>
==Architecture==
===Exterior===
The church is built in stone, mainly [[limestone]] with some [[sandstone]]. The roof is of slates with grey ridge tiles. Its plan consists of a double nave. The north nave is wider than the south and at its east end is the chancel. The south nave acts as an aisle, with its east end partitioned to act as a vestry. There is a south porch and a [[Bell-Cot|bellcote]] at the west end over the north nave. The porch has a ball [[finial]] and sandstone ridge tiles. The bellcote has apertures for two bells. The division between the north nave and the chancel is marked by a [[buttress]].<ref name=cpat/> The medieval arch-braced roofs are still present. Some round-headed windows remain from the 1736 restoration. Other windows are Gothic in style and probably date from Douglas' restoration.<ref name=pev>{{Citation | last =Hubbard | first =Edward | author-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian)| series= The Buildings of Wales |title = Clwyd | publisher =[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] | year = 1986| location =London | pages = 186–187| isbn =0-14-071052-3 }}</ref>
===Interior===
Inside the church is a [[baluster]] [[baptismal font|font]] dated 1734 and a [[pulpit]] which has been attributed to Douglas. The brass [[chandelier]] dates from the 15th&nbsp;or early 16th&nbsp;century, and contains a figure of the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]] in a [[Canopy (building)|canopy]]. Two of the monuments date from the early 14th&nbsp;century and another is dated 1639. The [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|Royal Arms]] date from 1740.<ref name=pev/>
==External features==
The church is in the middle of a churchyard which is almost square with rounded corners, overlooking the [[River Alyn]]. In the churchyard is the shaft of a churchyard cross which was converted into a [[sundial]] in 1774.<ref name=cpat/> The churchyard also contains the war grave of a soldier of [[World War I]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/671133/EVANS,%20THOMAS| title = EVANS, THOMAS| access-date = 2 February 2013| publisher = [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas]]
==References==
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[[Category:Grade I listed churches in Denbighshire|Llanarmon-yn-Iâl]]
[[Category:Church in Wales church buildings in Denbighshire]]
[[Category:John Douglas buildings]]