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
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 December 1952
Type
Church
Period
Georgian
Address
Church of St Michael, Llanfihangel Helygan, Llanyre
OS grid reference
SO 045 643
Coordinates
52.26935, -3.39994
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a small parish church that includes a nave, chancel, and west vestry, all under a single roof. It is constructed of rubble stone with brick quoins and features a graded stone-tile roof. At the west end, there is a square bellcote with weatherboarded sides and a pyramidal stone roof. Most openings in the church have wooden lintels. The entrance to the nave on the south wall has a door with narrow Gothic arched panels. To the left of the entrance is a 9-pane vestry window set in a brick surround. The south window of the chancel has two lights with diamond-pane glazing, while the pointed east window features Y-tracery and small-pane glazing, also in a brick surround. On the north side, there is a two-light chancel window with leaded lights and a larger three-light nave window that incorporates a metal casement.

Inside, the nave and chancel are topped with a five-bay arched-brace roof that includes cusped windbraces, arranged in two tiers on the north side. A stone wall, reaching eaves height, separates the nave from the vestry, which is infilled with lapboarding in the roof space.

The interior is designed in a Georgian style. The panelled pulpit and reading desk are located in the center of the north side of the nave. The wooden box pews mostly have panelled doors, with one featuring raised fields, while other woodwork is a mix of panelled and plain boarding. The 19th-century three-sided altar rails are in early Georgian style, featuring turned balusters and moulded square posts with ball finials. To the left of the altar, there 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.

Several simple wall monuments are present. On the north wall of the nave, there is a polished granite inscription panel dedicated to John Davies, who was killed in 1918, and a tablet with a pediment for Anne Hamer, who died in 1859. On the east wall of the chancel, to the left of the altar, is a diamond tablet for Ann Hamer, who died in 1841, and to the right of the altar is a similar diamond tablet for James Hamer, who died in 1817. The south wall features a diamond tablet for Thomas Joseph, who died in 1811, signed W.D. of Builth.

Local climate

Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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