St Michael & All Angels

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Brief description

St Michael and All Angels is a small church of wholly Victorian (and perhaps later) date located some 15km south-west of Knighton. It is undistinguished architecturally and internally its main pre-19thC fittings are a medieval font and a small group of monuments. The churchyard is polygonal and shows no sign of early modification.

Whole building re-erected, though at two different times, in the 19thC. New masonry used, though the Victorian lancets may echo earlier fenestration.

Parts of the following description are quoted from the 1979 publication The Buildings of Wales: Powys by Richard Haslam

 

Short history of the present church  and the known loss of west gallery furniture

The origin and early development of this church are unknown. No medieval references to its existence have been encountered.

Nothing of the medieval church survives.

The west tower was reportedly rebuilt in its entirety by B. Wishlade in 1838; The nave and chancel were rebuilt by S. W. Williams in 1891. Among features to disappear in 1891 were the gallery that once covered a third of the chancel, a barrel organ and square pews.

A faculty with accompanying specification dated to 1906 refers to pulling down the tower, some of the wall between the tower and the nave, inserting a new doorway, re-using selected tower stone, excavating drains, re-slating the roof, inserting new window sills and putting a new door in the vestry. It is not clear how many (if any) of these proposals were adopted and no other reference has been found to them.

 

Acknowledgement:  For further details and a very full description of the church please see the web site at: http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/radnor/16856.htm

The CPAT Radnorshire Churches Survey Project was funded by Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments as part of an all Wales survey of medieval parish churches.
The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, 7a Church Street, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 7DL. tel: 01938 553670

We acknowledge that this brief information has been used from their web site - please see the full version.

 

 

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Dove's reference to the bells

Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Powys, Wales, S Michael & All Angels, 6, 6½cwt in C. Tuesdays 20.00 

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Map reference  :  SO151667

Llanfihangel Rhydithon Church is in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, in the community of Llanfihangel Rhydithon in the county of Powys. 


The church is recorded in the CPAT Sites and Monuments Record as number 16856.

 

 

 

 

 

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