Church of St Michael (old church) is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 1968. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Michael (old church)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 January 1968
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael, also known as the old church, features the eastern part of the original structure, primarily the chancel and north chapel. The walls are made of rubble masonry with sandstone dressings and are full height, although the church is currently roofless. Access is through a doorway in the west wall of the chancel, which has a mid 15th century pointed-arched opening set in a square frame, complete with moulded and shafted jambs, as well as a moulded label and quatrefoils in the spandrels. The west wall also includes the original reset gabletted bellcote.

The south wall has been rebuilt, but the west respond of the opening to the chapel remains visible. The north wall features a mid 15th century rectangular window with moulded jambs and head, while the opening to the north chapel has been narrowed. The east chancel wall has a late 16th century window with three round-headed lights in a square frame, showcasing cavetto mullions and a moulded hoodmould. Similar windows are found in the north and east walls of the north chapel, while the west wall has a blocked round-headed window to the south with chamfered jambs and a straight hoodmould, and a blocked doorway to the north with a depressed pointed-arched head and similar hoodmould.

Above the east chancel window is a datestone featuring a shield, initials, and the date I E S 1598, along with the letters T R and R W inscribed in the angles of the label's return. A nearby stone bears a partly illegible inscription: PWYBYNAC / A WNEL TAVA / RN O EGLWYS / DUW ...... TO / ...... A contemporary inscription encircles the outer fillet of the frame in the west doorway, reading: OETTA [Y] ADRODD [YN Y] DRWS / PADER A GWEDDI DROS ENAID [W] AP [HOLL] AP DD AC ENEIDIEU ME[I] / RW [A C]HRISTNOGION Y BYD; and on a panel above the north window of the chapel is inscribed T H MILES POSSIDET HA / NC CAPELLAM / LAVS DEO / V[L]T FEBR / 163(8). The churchyard, which is roughly circular, is enclosed by a low rubble wall featuring a roughly embattled parapet and contains several 18th and 19th century slate chest tombs.

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