This gorgeous quaint parish church dates back to the 15th century, with a tower which dates back even further. It's notable for its Jesse Window, a magnificent stained glass window installed in 1533, as well as its distinctive well, which is to the side of the church in a wooded grove.
The Jesse Window takes its name from the biblical Tree of Jesse, a traditional stained glass and sculptural motif tracing the genealogy of Christ back to Jesse, father of King David. Installed in 1533, on the eve of the Reformation, the window survived the religious upheavals of the following century largely intact — a stroke of good fortune, since so much medieval stained glass elsewhere in Wales and England was destroyed or removed during that period.
Beside the church, St Dyfnog's Well sits in a peaceful wooded grove and was for centuries a site of pilgrimage, its waters believed to have healing properties associated with the 6th-century Welsh saint Dyfnog. Pilgrims are recorded visiting the well well into the 18th century, and the combination of church, well and woodland setting still makes this one of the most atmospheric small religious sites in the Vale of Clwyd.
The church itself retains much of its 15th-century roof structure alongside later additions, and its relatively unaltered state gives visitors a genuine sense of a late-medieval Welsh parish church, standing in marked contrast to the ambitious but never-completed Leicester's Church back in Denbigh.
