St Andrew’s Church
The Church of St Andrew, Penrice, Swansea, Wales dates from the 12th century. A Grade II* listed building, St Andrew's remains an active parish church in the parish of South-West Gower, in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: church in Penrice, Swansea, Wales
- Also known as: “Church of St Andrew”, “Penrice Church of St Andrew”, “St Andrew’s Church, Penrice”, and “St. Andrew”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Penrice Castle and Oxwich Castle.
Penrice Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s. Penrice Castle is situated 2,200 feet northeast of St Andrew’s Church.
Oxwich Castle
Castle
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxwich Castle is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Although it may occupy the site of an earlier fortification, it is a castle in name only as it is a grand Tudor fortified manor house built in courtyard style. Oxwich Castle is situated 1 mile south of St Andrew’s Church.
Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn
Archaeological site
Photo: RobinLeicester, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles north of St Andrew’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxwich and Port Eynon.
Oxwich
Village
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Oxwich is a village on the Gower Peninsula, in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales. Oxwich is part of the small community of Penrice which extends from the village of Horton to Oxwich Bay, and as of 2001 recorded a population of 454 inhabitants.
Port Eynon
Village
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Eynon is a village and community within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, on the far south tip of the Gower Peninsula within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Port Eynon is situated 2 miles southwest of St Andrew’s Church.
Llanddewi
Village
Photo: David Kitching, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanddewi is a village, which is situated 2 miles west of St Andrew’s Church.
St Andrew’s Church
- Categories: fortified ecclesiastical site, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Penrice, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.57015° or 51° 34′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.17579° or 4° 10′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C3QHRCF+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 1207496744OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q16744082
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Welsh—“St Andrew’s Church” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Kirko de Sankta Andreo”
- German: “St Andrew’s Church (Penrice)”
- German: “St Andrew’s Church”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Andrea, Pen-rhys”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Andreas”
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