The name or dedication of the church.
This identifies the church type. Most churches are parish churches which means they serve a specific parish or area. Other types such as chapel, daughter and mission are mostly historic designations as many are now also parish churches. Please note that former churches are no longer used for worhsip and may be in private ownership.
A unique identification number given to every church.
The name of the diocese in which the church is located.
The name of the archdeaconry in which the church is located.
This is the legal name of the parish as given by the Church Commissioners.
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There are 3 levels of listing: Grade I, II* & II. The majority of buildings which are of special interest are Grade II. A much smaller number of particularly important buildings are listed as Grade II*. Buildings of exceptional interest (approx 2% of the total number of listed buildings) are Grade I.
Ancient monuments and archaeological remains of national importance are protected by law. Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service is responsible for compiling a schedule (list) of these ancient monuments, some of which can be found in churches and churchyards. Examples can include churchyard crosses and the archaeological remains of previous churches or buildings on the site.
There are three National Parks in Wales: Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast and Brecon Beacons. These protect 20 percent of the land in Wales, including precious landscapes, habitats, villages and heritage sites.
There are over 500 conservation areas in Wales. They are designated by local planning authorities for their special architectural and historic interest.
The Buildings at Risk register is managed by Cadw (the Welsh Government’s historic environment service) in order to identify the number and type of listed buildings at risk in Wales.
It is often extremely difficult to determine a precise date of construction for a church as many have been extensively altered over time. Church Heritage Cymru therefore shows a date range within which a church is believed to have been constructed. The dates are as follows: Early Medieval (pre 1066), Medieval (post 1066 to 1540), Post Medieval (1540 to 1837), Victorian/Pre WWI (1837 to 1914) and Modern (post 1914).
This is a very brief summary of the church's main features. More detailed nformation can be found in the other fields and pages (tabs) in this database.
Useful information is displayed here for people wishing to visit the church. This may include things like opening hours, catering & toilet facilities, parking, etc.
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Any further sources of information for the church will be listed here (eg. links to other historic databases).
This is the Ordnance Survey (OS) reference for the location of the church. Some locations will be approximate as this data is continuously being refined and updated.
This is the name of the Local Authoirity within which the church is located.
This describes how the church relates to its immediate and wider environment, sometimes called its setting. It describes how the church contributes to its landscape or townscape and how these things collectively contribute to the character of the area.
Llanllwchaiarn lies on the north side of the river and incorporates north side of the town of Newtown including Penygloddfa. The church lies 2km to the east along the B4568. Set on a spur of land around Rock Farm the church lies above the river and canal and the hills then rise to the north.
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This is a description of the ground plan of the church.
If known, the dimensions (measurements) of the church ground plan will be displayed here.
If the footrprint (area) of the church is known, it will be displayed here.
A description of the history and archaeology of the church and its site.
A church was recorded here in the Norwich Taxation of 1253 with a value of £1-6s-8d and in 1263 it was appropriated to the Cistercian Nunnery at Llanllugan. The early church had a nave and south door and a wider chancel, western bell turret and was fitted out inside with box pews with a central pulpit on the north wall. The present church was built in red brick in 1815 at a cost of £1200 in Georgian style. The brickwork being in English garden Bond style with brick quoins. An extension of 1864 by R J Withers cost £460 used a light redbrick in Flemish Bond. Sandstone was used for the basal plinth around the tower. During this work the east wall was cut through and a plain yellow sandstone chancel arch was installed, the work of Edward Jones of Newtown. Also, at the time the nave roof was raised and the organ was removed from the gallery and placed in a niche in the chancel north wall.
In 1869 the round headed windows were replaced with those of Gothic design, further work took place in 1902. In 1946 the organ was re-sited in the Gallery and the bells were recast and a steel headstock was inserted.
CPAT Montgomeryshire Churches Survey
Buildings of Wales – Powys 2013
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
The church has a nave with a slightly narrower chancel, a west tower and a south vestry, the building was constructed from brick (see above) with a slate roof with plain grey ceramic ridge tiles with a cross finial to the chancel. The tower is of three storeys with an 1815 sandstone date stone and a wrought iron light above the doorway
Information about any noteable architects, artists, people, or events associated with the church.
Information about any important features and building fabric.
If known, a list of the church's major building material/s will be displayed here.
Any renewable energy systems the church is using will be listed here.
This section gives a general description of the interior of the church. Further details of any important internal fixtures and fittings will be listed below.
A doorway leads into the ground floor of the tower, the porch with a red-tiled floor, plastered walls above the wainscoting and a plastered ceiling, the east wall has a recess with a pair of panelled doors into the nave, there is a benefaction board to the side. On the north wall is a wooden tablet recording the vicars from 1377. The south wall has a door giving access to the gallery. Steps on the north wall lead to the bell chamber. The first floor of the tower is the ringing chamber with a pair of doors leading to the gallery and steps up to the bell chamber above.
Red and black tiles form the nave floor with a raised tongue and groove below the benches. The walls are plastered, the roof is of five bays formed by king-posts with tie-beam trusses supported on cusped arch-braces springing from decorated stone corbels. Along the west wall is a gallery supported on four octagonal oak columns and with a wood panelled front (See below).
A single step beneath the chancel arch leads into the chancel with two further steps into the sanctuary. The raised floor is of encaustic tiles with plastered walls above the wainscotting and a plastered ceiling with exposed rafters and purlins. The reredos in Gothic tracery makes use of panelling brought from Welshpool church in 1892. Two steps down lead into the vestry where there is a painting of the church in C19. Within the church is to be found a carved effigy of 1630 from the earlier church.
In the gallery are portions of a fine screen from St Mary’s Church Newtown, moved to the new St David’s church in 1856 and to this church in 2011. Fenton found the screen ‘perhaps the most perfect thing of the kind in the kingdom’ and the Revd John Parker described it in 1829 as ‘world of Gothic art… with the highest luxuries of workmanship and colouring’ – even though by then the loft had been taken down and a new parapet made up of the soffit panels. The screen spanned both the nave and aisle of the old church, the highest quality of the so call Newtown School except perhaps Llananno.” (Buildings of Wales).
The pulpit and pews were by Withers.
The stained glass is by Morris and Co of 1870. Full length figures of ‘St Stephen’ by Burne-Jones and ‘St Peter’ by William Morris and predella panels of the ‘Stoning of Stephen’ (Burne-Jones) and ‘St Peter’(William Morris) and ‘Peter’s Escape from Prison’ (Ford Maddox Brown); there are two lucid and well-coloured lights. By C A Gibbs, 1874 ‘Martha and Mary’; and the east window of 1868 by O’Connor ‘Christ and Mary Magdalene; O’Connor also made ‘Nativity’ of 1864; the nave window was by H G Hiller ‘SS Gabriel and Michael’.
Information about the church's important internal fixtures and fittings.
Information about the church's important moveable items and artworks.
A description of the ecology of the churchyard.
Information about the presence of bats in the church building or churchyard.
Records whether the church has been consecrated.
Records whether there have been burials in the churchyard.
Records whether the churchyard is still being used for burials.
Records whether there are any war graves in the churchyard.
Any important churchyard structures will be listed here.
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Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the relationship of the church to its surrounding area and helps place it within its wider landscape context.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the significance of the historic building fabric of the church.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the historic significance of the interior of the church.
Significance defines what is special about a church. This could be architectural, archaeological, historical or liturgical. Here, it describes the relationship between the church and its community.