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.
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.
Set on the western slopes of the Dulas valley raised above the surrounding fields on the south side of the A483 some 10 km to the west of Builth Wells and 9km from Llanwrtyd Wells. It is set back from the road in a polygonal churchyard.
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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.
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.
The church is about 1 km east of the Roman fort at Caerau but it was not until 1280 that the name first appears in the records. In 1360 it appears as Llanewenvoyl probably incorporating the personal name 'Llywenfel' presumably an otherwise unattested saint. The present church has no dedication. A C16 church stood on this site and was progressively restored by the Gwynne family from Garth House. In 1749 Sally Gwynne married Charls Wesley at the church. When Sir Stephen Glynne visited the church in 1867 he recorded that the fabric was in a bad way 'a most deplorable object, then an undivided nave and chancel with a debased wooden screen of three-arched compartments and a wooden bellcote over the west end, but with 'literally no architectural feature deserving the name'. The Revd Francis Kilvert, the Victorian diarist and curate of Clyro visited in 1873 and wrote that 'the only occupants being several white owls'. He also mentioned the story of a 'man coming here to marry a second wife and finding a lace handkerchief left hanging on the commuion rail by his first wife at their wedding some years before'.
The church was rebuilt in 1876 by R J Withers with a bell turret over the centre of the church but this was later moved to the west end of the building. The new building contains an early medieval stone carrying a Latin inscription which stood in the churchyard until just before he Second World War.
Buildings of Wales – Powys 2013
Buildings of Wales – Glamorgan 2001
CPAT Brecknockshire Churches Survey
Kilvert’s Diary
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
Small rural church with nave and chancel contiguous within a single envelope, small vestry to north, stone porch to south. It was constructed with dark grey local dressed limestone with Bath stone reveals to window and string courses and with a Welsh slate roof.
Church Quinquennial Inspection Reports
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.
Three steps lead into the porch where there is a red and black tiled floor, bare walls with stone benches along the sides, all beneath a roof of close-set arch braced collars. The main door has a two-centred arch. The tiling continues into the nave which has plastered and white washed walls and a simlar roof albeit also with raking struts. There is a two-centred chancel arch having capitals and complex moulding. The chancel is tiled but with a few encaustic tiles, the rear choir stalls and the organ are raised on wooden plinths. The walls and roof are as in the nave although the north wall has a plain, narrow two-centred arched doorway to the vestry. On the east wall is a painted reredos and the south wall has an aumbry and sedile. There is a C14 font brought from the old church and a single bell hangs in west gable bellcote. In the east window is a well composed 'Resurrection' of 1890 by James Powell & Sons, designed by Ada Curry; and in the south chancel window 'Fountain of Life' by John Potts c1965.
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.