Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 May 1970. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Michael

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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 May 1970
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Simple rural church comprising nave and chancel, the nave has a steep W bellcote; C19 gabled porch with steeply-pitched low-swept roof and simple chamfered outer archway, and mullioned light in the E wall. One and two light windows to the N, 2 x 2-light windows to S, all C19 interpretations of the Perpendicular, with flat heads.

The chancel roof continues over lean-to vestry to NE: this has a prominent chimney with offsets and moulded cap. Two-light windows to N and S, similar to those of the nave. The E window is of c1400 date; 2 cinquefoil headed lights with a quatrefoil in a pointed arched frame under moulded label with scroll terminals.

The nave has a repaired N doorway of early Perpendicular character, probably early C15, a pointed arch with chamfered jambs. The 4-bay roof retains late Medieval chamfered collared trusses (repaired), on wall posts down to plain corbels. The chancel has a similar roof of 9 closely spaced trusses.

The chancel arch is of c1400 with chamfered responds and pointed arch of 2 hollow-chamfered orders which spring from the faces of the responds. There is an inscribed stone, c550, set in S wall of the chancel, the inscription in Roman capitals reads: HIC IACIT / MACCVDECCETI (D reversed).

The font is an octagonal gritstone bowl with chamfered base and top; probably a reshaped bowl and there is a simple gritstone water stoup set into the N wall of the nave.

The internal arrangement otherwise owes its character to Kennedy's restoration, including shallow step to chancel and a further defining the sanctuary; this distinguished by encaustic floor tiles and given simple communion rail with twisted stanchions to floriate brackets. The pulpit and simple benches are also contemporary.

To the L of the E window is a marble memorial to Florance George Henry Irby d1877, and to the R is a slate memorial to Griffith Edwards of Bodafon Lys d1795, and his wife Elizabeth d1802. On the S wall of the nave is an unusually styled black marble memorial to Margaret, wife of Morris Pritchard Morris d1732.

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