Church of St Michael is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 December 1952. A Georgian Church.

Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
gentle-flagstone-elder
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 December 1952
Type
Church
Period
Georgian
Source
Cadw listing

Description

A small parish church comprising nave, chancel and W vestry under a single roof, of rubble stone with brick quoins, and graded stone-tile roof. A square bellcote set back from the W end has weatherboarded sides and pyramidal stone roof. Most openings have wooden lintels. In the S wall the entrance to the nave has a door with narrow Gothic arched panels. To its L is a 9-pane vestry window, in a brick surround. A 2-light chancel S window has diamond-pane glazing. The pointed E window has Y-tracery and small-pane glazing in a brick surround. On the N side is a 2-light chancel window with leaded lights and a similar but larger 3-light nave window incorporating a metal casement.

Nave and chancel have a 5-bay arched-brace roof incorporating cusped windbraces, in 2 tiers on the N side. A stone wall to eaves height divides nave and vestry, which is infilled with lapboarding in the roof space.

The interior is laid out in Georgian style. The panelled pulpit and reading desk are in the centre of the N side of the nave. Wooden box pews have mostly panelled doors, one with raised fields, but other woodwork is partly panelled, partly plain boarding. C19 3-sided altar rails are in early Georgian style and have turned balusters and moulded square posts with ball finials. On the L side of the altar is a cupboard with an iron door. The post-Reformation font has a round bowl and broad stem (although it has also been interpreted as a re-used medieval stoup).

There are several simple wall monuments. In the nave N wall is a polished granite inscription panel to John Davies (killed 1918), and tablet with pediment to Anne Hamer (d 1859). In the chancel E wall, L of the altar, is a diamond tablet to Ann Hamer (d 1841) and to the R of the altar a similar diamond tablet to James Hamer (d 1817). The S wall has a diamond tablet to Thomas Joseph (d 1811), signed W.D. of Builth.

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