Church of St. Tysilio is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 April 1993. Church.

Church of St. Tysilio

WRENN ID
small-chancel-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 April 1993
Type
Church
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St. Tysilio was built between 1867 and 1868 by the architect George Edmund Street in a style that transitions from Early English to Early Decorated. It was constructed at a cost of £2,400 using greenish-grey Welshpool stone, featuring snecked, rock-faced blocks with Cefn stone dressings. The church has a drip course below the windows, a slate roof with a crested ridge, and cross finials. It includes a nave with a north aisle, an inset chancel, and a south timber porch on a stone plinth. The round northwest tower has an arcaded belfry with trefoil-headed lights and a conical cap. A paired lancet window in the south wall of the chancel displays the inscription "AMDG 1868" around a quatrefoil decoration at the apex.

The churchyard is circular and of early origin, containing some chest tombs. Near the south porch, there is a reset stone pillar sundial dating from 1760. Inside, the north arcade features four tall pointed arches on round piers, with a cusped arch in the north chancel wall leading to the vestry. The roof is arch-braced and cusped. A reredos made of Caen stone by T. Earp includes a central slab of "Rouge Royal" marble with flanking arcaded panels. The north wall of the chancel has a double piscina and sedile. The circular pulpit is adorned with six Gothic panels, and the octagonal font has foliated arches, both made of Bath stone. Other fittings designed by Street include stone cancelli, a wrought iron lectern, altar table and rails, candelabra, and stalls.

The stained glass includes a three-light east window with white borders from 1868 by Clayton and Bell, designed by Street, a three-light nave window from 1879 by Powells of Blackfriars West, and paired lancets from 1868 by Clayton and Bell. The north side has paired lancets from 1898 by Curtis Ward-Hughes of London. A brass plate on the west wall commemorates Mary Eyton of Rhysnant, who died in 1674, featuring engraved heroic couplets and classical decoration. There is also a tablet to the Lloyd family dated 1779. The church houses a single 4cwt bell made by Rudhall of Gloucester in 1729.

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