Church of St David or St Llyr is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 2001. Church.
Church of St David or St Llyr
- WRENN ID
- deep-gargoyle-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 2001
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St David or St Llyr is a church built of whitewashed rubble stone with slate roofs. It features a low nave and chancel, along with a small late 19th-century timber bellcote on the west and a stone porch on the south. The nave has a close-eaved roof, a windowless west wall, and an open timber bellcote topped with a slate pyramid roof. The south porch has a pointed entry with stone voussoirs and two crude pointed windows, one made of stone and the other of wood, both featuring brick voussoirs and Y-tracery. On the north side, there are two similar windows with brick heads and timber tracery. The chancel's south side has one small pointed window, while the north side is windowless, and the east end has a small two-light window with Y-tracery.
Inside, the church has plastered walls and flat plaster ceilings that curve down to the side walls, with the chancel ceiling being lower. The floor is laid with red and yellow tiles. The west end of the nave includes a vestry with horizontally boarded walls. There is a small octagonal font, likely medieval, with a chamfered underside and an octagonal pier that broaches to a square at the foot. The church contains 19th-century pews with fleur-de-lys finials on the bench ends and similar stalls in the chancel. A 19th-century pine pulpit rests on a stone base and features blind traceried panels. The altar rails, turned in the late 18th century, have four fluted posts. The east window has patterned glass dating from 1892. The first window on the south side of the nave contains glass depicting the Presentation in the Temple, created after 1920, while the second window features colourful stained glass from around 1900, showcasing two angels and a portrait in a small upper light.
The north wall displays attractive Georgian memorials typical of the region, featuring simple painted classical details. These include a memorial for Watkin Bevan (died 1808) by Price of Builth, David Meredith (died 1852) signed TPB, Rev John Bevan (died 1847), and William Bevan (died 1868), which matches an earlier Bevan memorial and is also signed TPB. On the south wall, there is a memorial for Mary Richards (died 1830), signed by Davies of Builth.
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