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| The Church Exterior. Built in a Gothic style cruciform shape with nave, chancel south & north transepts. The bell was the gift of Bishop Van Mildent and reportedly bears the inscription, The gift of William Van Mildent D.D., Lord Bishop of Durham 1827. I Rudhall fecit. This means it was cast by John Rudhall in the foundry which had been established in Gloucester in the early 14th Century by John of Gloucester, the Rudhall family took over the foundry 1684 after which it passed to the Whitechapel Foundry. |
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| The Church Interior. The nave, chancel and transepts are undivided. The interior has undergone several alterations. In 1831 a gallery was erected at the west end where choir and musicians were accommodated. In 1860 the gallery was extended in order to accommodate a new organ which in 1873 was then moved to the north transept. In the 1903 restoration a teak rood scene was erected and new choir stalls introduced which meant rearranging the east end steps. The gallery at the west end was dismantled and a rose stained glass window created. The coal chimney was altered and two vestries created in the north transept. In the south transept a new organ was errected in 1906 and stained glass windows depicting the Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension installed in the east window. |
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| Holy Cross Graveyard. Holy Cross Church is situated within the largest Churchyard in Port Talbot. Gravestones date from the opening of the Chapel of Ease in 1827. The Churchyard remains open for burials and the interment of cremated remains. Commonwealth War graves are also to be found in the graveyard. |
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