St. Brides-super-Ely is a village and district of the community of

Peterston-super-Ely Peterston-super-Ely ( cy, Llanbedr-y-fro) is a village and community situated on the River Ely ( cy, Afon Elái) in the county borough of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 874. The community include ...

, within the Vale of Glamorgan,

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

. It is located near the western border of the Welsh Capital City of Cardiff, to the west of the

A4232 The A4232, which is also known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road (PDR) ( cy, Ffordd Ddosbarthu Ymylol) or the Cardiff Link Road ( cy, Ffordd Gyswllt Caerdydd), is a distributor road in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The first section ...

, and north of the

River Ely The River Ely ( cy, Afon Elái) is in South Wales flowing generally southeast, from Tonyrefail to Cardiff. The river is about long. The Ely's numerous sources lie in the mountains to the south of Tonypandy, near the town of Tonyrefail, ris ...

. The medieval Church of St Ffraid at St. Brides is Grade II listed. An ancient

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stands in the churchyard near the south porch. It is 24 ft in diameter at its lower crown. The Grade II listed house

St-y-Nyll St-y-Nyll is a large detached house near the village of St. Brides-super-Ely in the Vale of Glamorgan. It was built in 1924 by the Welsh architect Percy Thomas in the Neo-Georgian style. A Tudor mansion dating from the 1480s had previously stood ...

stands just outside the village. It was designed by

Percy Thomas Sir Percy Edward Thomas OBE (13 September 1883 – 19 August 1969) was an Anglo-Welsh architect who worked in Wales for the majority of his life. He was twice RIBA president (1935–37 and 1943–46). Biography Percy Edward Thomas was born on ...

and built in 1924.

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Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan {{wales-geo-stub