St. Caradoc's Church
The Reredos Tapestry, which adorns the altar, was worked by Mrs Patrick Lort-Phillips and tells the story of St. Caradog.
St Caradog's Church
This magnificent 12th century church with its four-storey tower giving marvellous views across the river to Carew Church, has many interesting features including a Norman font and two squints. The squints have been there since the Middle Ages to allow people to see the altar during mass.
The south transept was built in the 14th or early 15th century, and housed the stone figure of a knight, identity unknown. The effigy was later moved and the tomb of Hugh Barlow now rests in its place. The chancel is where the gentry from Lawrenny Castle would sit; their entrance was linked to the castle by a private path. In 1901 Maude Lort-Phillips presented the church with a clock in memory of Queen Victoria, to whom she had been lady-in-waiting, and in 1926 she presented a magnificent stained glass window in memory of her husband, Colonel Frederick Lort-Phillips.
Further information is available inside the church. In particular look for the plaque in the chancel in memory of Elizabeth Jones, which bears the unusual feature of a skull and crossbones. Two plaques in the porch, in memory of Elizabeth Jones and Elizabeth Griffiths, present a mystery as to these girls' identities and the reason for these unusual memorials.
