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.
5km south east of Talybont and 5km east of Llandre (both larger settlements are on the A487 Machynlleth to Aberystwyth road. The church is on the south side of the of a lane running east southeast of the main valley road.
Reference OS Map. 135
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.
Given its situation within the hills this church was artistically designed and built by William Butterworth for the vicar, the Revd Lewis Gilbertson. Its design in High Victorian style achieved a level of perfection not often found. The church provided a distant outpost for the Oxford Movement ideals in a remote country area.
Reference Buildings of Wales – Carmarthen and Ceredigion 2006
Cadw Listings Notice
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
Built from coursed rubble stone with sandstone dressing, which has been rendered. A nave and chancel with a crossing tower, a shallow south transept, a large north porch and a north transseptal stair-tower linked to the north vestry. The roof is slate with crested ridge tiles while the rectangular tower has a slate pyramided roof. The building plays a delightful eye-catching solid geometry building up the pitched roofs from the vestry to the crowning tower all causing the eye to move up or down between levels. The weather cock is now held in store.
Reference
Buildings of Wales – Carmarthen and Ceredigion 2006 Cadw Listings Notice
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.
Plastered walls support scissor-rafter roofs, the nave higher than the chancel. There are broad chamfered east and west tower arches dying into the walls while the south transept has a higher arch, the crossing is cleverly lit. Within the chancel there is a pointed and cusped sedilia recess and small trefoiled shelf recess, to the north is a vestry door. The fittings are by Butterworth using simple but innovative Gothic woodwork, open backed pews, canted-fronted pulpit with pierced panels, stalls with cusped pierced frontals and a similarly designed priest’s stall, cusped pierced sanctuary rails, a panelled pierced altar. The marble font is exceptionally designed with a massive grey marble square bowl subtly tapered standing on an ashlar pier with a red marble inset angle shafts, a black marble square base and raised on ashlar steps. The graded floors rise up the chancel with increasing use of coloured and encaustic tiles, subtly set on stone borders – a characteristic of Butterworth’s work. The ashlar reredos has a stepped top with encaustic tiles inset in the ashlar and simple but careful tile patterning, the centrepiece is a cross set on a plain stone, the sides more heavily tile-inlaid. The stained glass: ‘Scenes from the Passion and Nativity’, by Alexander Gibbs, 1868, this work shows the crucified Christ flanked by soldiers over three small story panels, Gibbs used a drawing style of clear lines and bold colours. There are three bells cast in 1867 by John Warner& Sons.
Reference Buildings of Wales – Carmarthen and Ceredigion 2006 Cadw Listings Notice A National Bell Register - George Dawson's Website - Homestead Stained Glass in Wales
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.