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.
The church although described as Painscastle is more usefully known as Llanbedr Painscastle a settlement about 3 km west of Painscastle along the B4594 (Painscastle to Erwood). It lies in the Radnor Hills with Llanbedr Hill behind and the Begwins to the south - note the Begwins are an open common under the care of the National Trust.
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.
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.
Painscastle was a significant settlement in Medieval times having a castle and a small town developed beside the castle. The church serving the settlement is and was at Llanbedr 3km to the west. Both settlements were on the Drovers roads from West Wales to the Rhydspense Inn on the Powys Hereford Border beside the River Wye. St Peter’s church at Llanbedr has a C14 nave with a bellcote and a c15 chancel. The church was restored in 1868 and 1879 by J H Evins, a Hereford architect, who rebuilt the west end of the church and added a porch. The work was carried out at the expense of Captain Mynors and the people of the parish. In gratitude for this the vicar gave captain Mynors the Tudor chalice belonging to the church. The Victorian Diarist and curate at Clyro Revd Francis Kilvert described the church as ruinous when he visited in 1872. The nave roof was also replaced by him and he designed many of the fittings. There is a plan dated 1879 by J H Evins hanging in the church.
Cadw Listings Notice
Buildings of Wales – Powys 2013
Church Quinquennial Inspection Reports
CPAT Radnorshire Churches Survey
Kilvert’s Diary
Roads and Trackways of Wales Richard Moore – Colyer 2001
A description of the exterior of the church and the main features of the churchyard.
The Church has a C14 nave with a west bellcote, a C15 chancel on a slightly different alighment and a Victorian south porch. It was built with grey and grey-brown sandstone an shale in blocks and slabs irregulalry coursed, higher up the wall a fine-grained sedimentry rock, possibly mudstone is used while higher still are regualr slabs of iron-stained sandstone also irregulary coursed. Some of the medieval stone work has been incorporated into the present fabric. The roof is slate with terracotta ridge tiles, the nave has a broken finial at the east end, complete finials are to be found on the chancel and porch. There are small panel-traceried windows in the north and sout walls of the chancel, there is no east window as such just a cinquefoiled light set high in the gable. The priest's door has chamfered jambs and an elliptical head. There are Perpendicular paired trefoiled lights in the nave and a large crude trefoiled light to the south wall.
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 has flagged floors with whitewashed plastered walls and a roof of eight scissor trusses. The nave has a slate floor covered by carpets, the benches and modern furniture are raised on wooden boarding, the walls are plastered and whitewashed. The roof is of collars and scissor trusses similar to the porch, the trusses are slghtly skewed to the axis of the nave. The wall between the nave and chancel has an unchamfered arch skewed to the axis of the nave. The chancel floor is as in the nave with a step up into the sanctuary and another to the altar. The walls are plasterd and whitewashed beneath a wagon roof of 24 panels. This roof has diagonal pine boarding on oak rafters on two rows of purluins supported by five arch-braced trusses. There are 2.5 tiers of wind-bracing. There is much strapping, plating and bolting indicating historical problems associated with a heavy stone roof causing the spread of the trusses. This is the church's most notable feature. The fittings are largely by Evins: Modern oak altar table, Simple pine grained reredos, and a Pine pulpit. Dating from medieval times is a circular colour washed stone C12 font with an oak cover standing on a cylindrical base.
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.