The Monastery Church, Capel-y-Ffin is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 June 1995. Church.
The Monastery Church, Capel-y-Ffin
- WRENN ID
- north-belfry-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1995
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Monastery Church is located on a hillside to the west of Capel-y-Ffin, separate from the Monastery. It was initiated in 1869 by Father Ignatius, also known as the Rev J L Lyne, as part of an Anglican Benedictine foundation following Llanthony. The cloister construction began in 1870, and the detached church was started in 1872. Charles Buckeridge was the original architect but was succeeded by J L Pearson in 1873. Construction ceased in 1882, and the church collapsed around 1920. In 1924, it was acquired by Eric Gill for a Catholic self-supporting community of the Ditchling Guild.
Currently, only the chancel remains, which is in ruins. The exterior features stone walls that are buttressed and bulging outward at the eastern end. Inside, there are three bays in a severe Transitional Early English style. There are doorways to the north and south, along with wall-shafts intended for vaulting, all adorned with trumpet capitals. The interior also includes a three-bay sedilia, a combined aumbry and piscina, and cusped heads. There is a possible cusped tomb recess on the north side.
The church is listed for its importance in the 19th-century religious revival.
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