R. K. Penson (1816-1886)

Architect. Richard Kyrke Penson was the son of the architect Thomas Penson, and built or restored a number of churches in Shropshire, Cheshire, Hereford and Wales. He was the 'honorary' Diocesan Architect for St Davids diocese by the 1850s. He had the reputation of being a radical church restorer, as for example at Llanrhidian, Gower, when he demolished the medieval church and rebuilt it.

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   as architect: Church of All Saints, Oystermouth , Swansea
   as architect: Church of St Mary Magdalene, St Clears , Carmarthenshire
   as architect: Church of St Mary, Angle , Pembrokeshire
   as architect: Church of St Brynach, Dinas Cross , Pembrokeshire
   as architect: Church of St Peter and St Meugan, Ruthin , Denbighshire
   as architect: Church of All Saints, St Thomas , Swansea
   as architect: Church of St Peter, Carmarthen , Carmarthenshire
   as architect: Christ Church, Carmarthen , Carmarthenshire



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