100 days in Cardiff – St John’s Church from afar

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We Are Cardiff contributor Jeremy Rees is recording his days in and around Cardiff with 100 photographs of local points of interest. We’ll be publishing some of them here on We Are Cardiff – and make sure you tune in to Jeremy as he presents the Saturday Soulful Breakfast on Radio Cardiff!

St John’s Church from afar 

st johns church

“Aside from the castle, this is the oldest building in Cardiff I’m told. Or at least bits of it are, the Victorians added a few Gothic flourishes, but the Church itself harks back to medieval times. It looks quite sombre today in the overcast light, but still beautiful. Volunteers run a wonderful cafe there too – great for tea & cake served on bone china. No cake for Jezza at the moment of course, but I can still look…”

Thanks Jeremy! Catch you next time…

2 responses to “100 days in Cardiff – St John’s Church from afar”

  1. Whilst you not might call this building iconic it’s closure as is being mooted by the council ( at the moment change of management) would be sadly missed as a performance venue in Cardiff.

    Would you happen to know what the present position is on this is and if anything is being done to try and prevent it happening.

    regards

    David Dollman

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