Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 1966. Church.
Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Rural parish church of simple gothic character, comprising continuous nave and chancel with added N vestry and W porch. Built of coursed rubble masonry with large stones as quoins; sandstone dressings. Porch has snecked rubble masonry with sandstone quoins. Slate roof with decorative tiled ridge and stone copings; single bellcote at W gable surmounted by a decorative cross. The church is of 3 bays each with a pointed arched window of paired lights, the E window is similarly detailed but has 3 lights with hoodmould and there is a lancet window in the E wall of the N vestry and a pair of lancet windows in the W wall above the porch; the porch outer doorway is also a pointed arch.
The inner porch doorway has a pointed arched head and opens into the W end of the nave. The church has a roof of 7 bays with exposed timbers and diagonally set tongue and groove panelling between. There are arch braced collared trusses with tie beams on which there is a painted verse. The sanctuary is raised by a single step and has a moulded rail on twisted stanchions with floriate brackets. The font is at the W end of the church and has an octagonal bowl on a shaped plinth and square base. The windows are mid to late C20. The doorway to the N vestry has a pointed head and there is an organ recess directly to its W. There are several slate memorial tablets in the vestry (two of which are partially obscured by a cupboard along the W wall): to Morgan Jones of Borthwen fawr d.1779, to Reverend William Jones of Ty Fry and heir to the Lasynys estate d.1806, to David, son of Morris Roberts (and others - obscured) of Caer Ffynon d.1798, to Ellis Wynne of Glyn d.1691, to Reverend John Morris d.1852 and one other, obscured. On the S wall of the chancel is a marble tablet with cherubs head above, to Johannis Owen, son of Robert and Margaret Owen, d.1690.
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