St. Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 September 1961. A C18 Church. 1 related planning application.
St. Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- tangled-plaster-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 September 1961
- Type
- Church
- Address
- St. Mary's Church, Capel-Y-Ffin, Llanigon, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 254 315
- Coordinates
- 51.97719, -3.08633
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
St. Mary's Church is a building constructed from stone rubble with a stone-slate roof and features a weatherboarded and louvred bellcote above the west end. The shaped rafter feet date from the 17th or 18th century. The porch has a segmental arch and is dated 1817. The windows are a mix of square and round-arched designs, which have been reglazed recently. The church has an 18th-century oak plank door.
In the churchyard, there is a cross with a shaft that stands 29 inches high, featuring pairs of V-cut flutings on its faces.
The church's roof consists of three bays and is ceiled above low tiebeams that are bolted on. There is a late 18th-century oak gallery supported by stout chamfered posts, with contemporary stairs and sturdy oak joinery. The font is an octagonal stone piece that tapers and rests on an octagonal and cylindrical base, likely from the medieval period. The pulpit is also octagonal, made of plain oak panels, and has a dated inscription from 1780. Additionally, there are settles, one of which is dated 1783.
Local climate
St. Mary's Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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