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).
The name/dedication of the church and its location.
A brief description of the image
The date the image was created.
Details of any copyright are displayed here.
The name of the person who uploaded the image.
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.
If the church has its own website the details will be displayed here.
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.
Some 7 km northeast of Builth Wells via the A481 and a minor road from Hundred House the church and settlement have the craggy upland tract of Perthi Common immediately behind it giving shelter form the west, and the lower undulating ground bisected by tributaries of the River Edw to the east, the church lies beside a small stream.
References
Route Planner Directions, traffic and maps AA
The name/dedication of the church to which the plan refers.
A brief description of the plan. eg. who created it and where it came from.
The date the plan was created.
The details of any copyright are displayed here.
The name of the person who inputted the plan.
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.
41m x 71m 0.29 hectares (0.71 acres)
Reference
Church Qunquennial Inspection Reports
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.
There would appear to have been a nunnery here in medieval times although its site has not been determined, dependent on the Cistercian abbey at Stratta Macella (near Welshpool), it was founded before 1174 by Enoch, first abbot of Strata Marcella; and desolved before 1186. It is likely that there was a medieval church here and in the Taxatio of 1291 was valued at £5-6s-8d. A pre-1895 photograph in the present church shows the earlier church as having a timber gable west end, a wooden window or door in the same wall, the porch in poor condition and a domer window (for a gallery?) in the nave roof above the porch. This church was taken down in 1891 and completely rebuilt. Fred Kempson of Hereford was the architect and John Price of Builth Wells the contractor. The church opened for divine worship on 13 February 1896. In the rebuild much of the material from the old church was re-used.
Buildings of Wales – Powys 2013
Church Quinquennial Inspection Reports
CPAT Radnorshire Churches Survey
A Survey of Ceramic Tiles in the Radnorshire Churches M A V Gill 2005
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
The church is a single nave and chancel in one with a bellcote over the west end of the nave and a south porch near the south-west angle. It has been built of mixed slabs and blocks of a variety of sedimentary rocks in white, red, brown and grey at lower levels with random coursing, higher up the walls are blocks of grey-brown shale weathering to grey and coursed. The roof is slate with blue clay ridge tiles with finials at the east and west ends. There are two windows in the north wall of the nave with three lights with cusped tracery and C16 heads - in olive - grey sandstone which could be orriginal but the mullions and jambs were replaced in brown sandstone. In the east wall there are three lights with cinquefoil tracery in ogree and a two centred arch with hood mouldings all in Victorian red sandstone. The window stone work in the south and west walls is similarly Victorian. The porch masonry is Victorian and the south wall has a wooden gable and a wooden door frame all Victorian.
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.
A brief description of the image.
Copyright details.
The name of the person who inputted the image.
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.
The porch seems to be significantly longer compared with other chruches, it has a flagged floor, walls roughly plastered and whitewashed while the roof has rafters, purlins and one tie-beam truss with struts. Many of the timbers are re-used. The doorway has a two-centred arch with stopped chamfers. Again the nave has a flagged floor with boarded platforms under the seats, with whitewashed plastered walls. The west end is panelled off for a vestry. There is a nine-bay roof of tie beams, arch braced collars and one tier of wind-braces reputed to be a replica of the original roof on the previous church. The north, south and west walls have deeply splayed windows while the west wall also has two upper windows showing the bells beyond. These bells are unusual in that there are 2 bells (brass bells on iron head stocks) together with a bell by Thomas Stone dated 1636, and another by Abraham II Rudhall dated1735. The chancel is defined by a tie-beam and step up from the nave with one more into the sanctuary and a further step to the altar.. The choir stalls are on plinths and the walls and roof are as in the nave. There is a simple altar with turned legs and re-used oak for communion rails. In the nave a carved oak pulpit designed by Kempson and an octagonal stone font the bowl of which has been reused (possibly C15.)
Cadw Listings Notice
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.
Signifiance levels are set at high, medium and low.
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.