page_title: St Cadoc's Church, Llangattock Vibon Avel
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: St Cadoc's Church, Llangattock Vibon Avel / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Rolls Family Graves, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel churchyard, Monmouthshire
context_page_description: The Church of St Cadoc, Llangattock Vibon Avel, Monmouthshire is a parish church of medieval origins which was heavily restored in the 19th century. The estate church of The Hendre, it is closely connected with the Rolls family. The grave of Charles Stewart Rolls, the motoring and aviation pioneer is located in the churchyard. The church is a Grade II* listed building and remains an active parish church.
context_section_description: The church is dedicated to St Cadoc and is of medieval origin although the porch tower is all that now remains of the original church. The architectural historian John Newman considers the door is circa 1300 in date. In the 19th century, the church became the estate church for the Rolls family of The Hendre, later Barons Llangattock. During their time, the church was extensively restored, first by John Etherington Welch Rolls and subsequently by his son, John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock. On both occasions, the architect was Thomas Henry Wyatt. Between the two periods of renovation and rebuilding, a major decoration of the interior was undertaken. Lord Llangattock's eldest son, John Maclean, who inherited the title in 1912, was killed in 1916 and the title died with him. The grave of his younger brother, Charles Rolls, of Rolls-Royce fame, who predeceased him, dying in a plane crash in 1910, stands in the church's graveyard, beside the graves of their mother and father.   
  The church continued as an estate church until The Hendre was sold in the 1980s. It remains an active parish church.
caption: Graves of the Rolls's
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