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Grade II listed 17th and 18th century chapel built to appear as a house when non conformists were persecuted.

The medieval church of St Ceinwyr sits in an elevated position on the road which links the Garw and Ogmore Valleys.

This particularly fine church was built during the first half of the 14th century and there have been few alterations since then, it gives a very good impression of English gothic architecture just before the advent of The Black Death.

The church at Penkridge had already been granted collegiate status by Royal Charter in the 10th century, indicating its importance from early times.

It is not only the rare dedication to St Guthlac (hermit saint of Croyland in the fens between 677-714) which is unusual but also the church itself.

This remote church at the most southern point of the county is beguilingly set at the end of a long tree lined lane which is well indicated by a brown sign off the main road.

A royal village indelibly linked with Edward IVs Queen, Elizabeth Woodville, and with Charles ll who gave this crown property to his natural son Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton.

‘One of the loveliest churches in Leicestershire’ (Pevsner) with a rich history spanning over 800 years.

The splendid tower can be seen for miles across the flat landscape that surrounds it.