St. Mary's Church, Llanigon, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9772 / 51°58'37"N

Longitude: -3.0863 / 3°5'10"W

OS Eastings: 325481

OS Northings: 231526

OS Grid: SO254315

Mapcode National: GBR F2.KR2B

Mapcode Global: VH78D.GK7N

Plus Code: 9C3RXWG7+VF

Entry Name: St. Mary's Church

Listing Date: 28 September 1961

Last Amended: 20 June 1995

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6614

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300006614

Location: This chapel-of-ease to Llanigon Church stands in a small churchyard adjacent to the lane, accompanied by a number of ancient yew-trees.

County: Powys

Community: Llanigon

Locality: Capel-y-Ffin

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Church building

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History

The present church, said to date from 1762, has no features older than the 18th century, other than a mediaeval font. The porch was added in 1817.

Exterior

Stone rubble, stone-slate roof, weatherboarded & louvred bellcote above W end. Shaped rafter feet C17/18. Porch, segmental arch, dated 1817. Windows square & round-arched, reglazed recently. C18 oak plank door.

Churchyard Cross, shaft on base, shaft 29 ins high, pairs V-cut flutings to faces.

Interior

Roof 3 bays, ceiled above low tiebeams bolted on. Gallery, late C18, oak, on stout chamfered posts, contemporary stairs, stout oak joinery. Font, stone, octagonal, tapered, on octagonal & cylindrical base, probably mediaeval. Pulpit, octagonal, plain oak panels, dated inscription 1780. Settles, one dated 1783.

Reasons for Listing

A small and very simple church, probably 18th century, in a good setting at the centre of Capel-y-ffin.

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II Telephone Call-box
At the western side of the lane through the Vale of Ewyas, opposite St Mary's Church; raised above road on a grass verge.
II Baptist Chapel (formerly listed as a non-conformist chapel at capel-y-ffin)
The Chapel stands in its own small grounds behind the Church of St Mary.
II The Monastery Church, Capel-y-Ffin
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II The Monastery
The Monastery stands on a hillside to the west of the church at Capel-y-ffin, on an unregistered road, approx 3.5 miles NW of Llanthony.
II Ty-Shores
The house stands down an unmade-up track and across a brook SE of Capel-y-ffin, at the boundary of Llanigon Community area.
II Barn at The Vision Farm
About 30m south west of The Vision Farmhouse.
II The Vision Farmhouse
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II Garn-fawr Farmhouse
At the very north end of the Community on the east bank of Afon Honddu and approached off the valley road at Tafolog Bridge.

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St. Mary's Church

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanigon, Powys