Of all our churches Monknash is probably
the simplest in style and architecture. It is of early
12th century foundation, and the name of the village
in which it is situated arose from the fact that it
became a grange of Neath Abbey.
The church has been much restored
and the architecture shows a number of influences, for
example in the windows. The floor of the chancel is
covered with the gravestones of local families of years
gone by. The stone pulpit is entered through a cut-out
in the chancel screen.
The registers date back to 1754 and
the church is a Grade 2* listed building.
The church was altered in the restoration
of 1890-91, the work involving the replacing of the box
pews and the installation of a wooden screen near the
west end of the building.
A full
description of this church can be found in the book
'Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan' by Geoffrey
Orrin, published by D. Brown.
