Church of Saint Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1995. Gate lodge.
Church of Saint Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- worn-chalk-yarrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1995
- Type
- Gate lodge
- Address
- Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Clyro
- OS grid reference
- SO 213 438
- Coordinates
- 52.08725, -3.14951
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of Saint Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building featuring a nave, north aisle, chancel, west tower, south porch, and a lean-to vestry on the north side of the chancel. It is constructed of rubble with freestone dressings and has slate roofs. The unbuttressed tower has a plinth and a slight batter, topped with a battlemented stage that includes a clock. A small ogee-headed light is located at the base on the west side. The nave and aisle are adorned with 2-light cusped windows, while the west end of the aisle features a flamboyant traceried window.
The churchyard contains numerous chest tombs and headstones, as well as the village war memorial. On the east side, there is a lychgate.
Inside, the church has simply detailed plastered walls. The tall pointed chancel arch is surrounded by a painted inscription. The arcade of four bays in the north aisle is supported by octagonal piers with richly moulded capitals. The roof features a brattished wall plate and exposed slender common rafters with two collars and diagonal braces. There is an ogee-headed door leading to the west tower. In the chancel, the window embrasure contains an early piscina with an ogee panelled back made from two large stone blocks, and the floor is tiled. The nave retains numbered low box pews with doors dating from 1853. Other 19th-century fittings include an altar back, a panelled pulpit accessed by stone steps, and an octagonal font with Decorated ornament. The church has five bells that were recast in 1887. Stained glass is present in the chancel and in a window in the west wall, which was inserted in 1889 to block the former singing gallery. There are wall monuments dedicated to the Venables and Beaven families, as well as one to Reverend Francis Kilvert in the north aisle.
Local climate
Church of Saint Michael and All Angels receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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