St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch

St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch
St Peter's Church, showing the north transept (left) and north door (right)
St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch Location in Anglesey
Coordinates: 53°17′41″N 4°14′16″W / 53.294627°N 4.237851°W / 53.294627; -4.237851
OS grid reference	SH509798
Location	Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church in Wales
History
Dedication	St Peter
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	12 May 1970
Architectural type	Church
Style	Medieval
Specifications
Length	23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) (nave)
Nave width	14 ft (4.3 m)
Materials	Rubble masonry
Administration
Parish	Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf with Llanbedrgoch with Pentraeth
Deanery	Tindaethwy and Menai
Archdeaconry	Bangor
Diocese	Diocese of Bangor
Province	Province of Wales
Clergy
Rector	The Venerable R P Davies

St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, is a small medieval parish church near the village of Llanbedrgoch in Anglesey, north Wales. The oldest parts of the building date from the 15th century; it was extended in the 17th century and restored twice in the 19th century. The doorway is decorated with carvings of two human heads, one wearing a mitre. The church contains a reading desk made from 15th-century bench ends, one carved with a mermaid holding a mirror and comb.

The church is still used for worship by the Church in Wales, as of 2013, and is one of three in a group of parishes. It is a Grade II* listed building, a national designation given to "particularly important buildings of more than special interest", because of its "substantial medieval fabric".

St Peter's Church is in a rural location along a narrow lane near the village of Llanbedrgoch in Anglesey, north Wales. The village itself is about 4 miles (6.4 km) from Llangefni, the county town. Built on raised ground inside a churchyard, access to which is through a lychgate, the church is dedicated to St Peter. The village takes its name from the church; the Welsh word llan originally meant "enclosure" and then "church", and "‑bedr" is a modified form of the saint's name, "Pedr" in Welsh.

The date of the earliest church on the site of St Peter's is unknown. The chancel and the nave are thought to date from the 15th century, and a transept was added to the east end of the church probably in the 17th century, to form a cross groundplan. The church was restored twice in the 19th century, in 1840 and again in 1885; the 1840 restoration was partially funded by a grant of £20 from the Bangor Diocesan Church Building Society.

St Peter's is still used for worship by the Church in Wales. It is one of three churches in the combined benefice of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf with Llanbedrgoch with Pentraeth, and is within the deanery of Tindaethwy and Menai, the archdeaconry of Bangor and the Diocese of Bangor. As of 2013, the rector is the Venerable R. P. Davies, who is also the Archdeacon of Bangor.