Church of St Tudor Mynyddislwyn

Parish church. Nave, integral chancel, S porch, W tower, long N aisle. Of narrow sandstone rubble with some roughly dressed stone for quoins and some dressings, with some ashlar; part Welsh slate part composite tile roof. Nave windows have a fine set of early C19 iron-framed glazing with intersecting tracery. Tower of 3 storeys is embattled with small rectangular lights to the tower chambers, smaller to the turret which adjoins N aisle; single light louvred openings with voussoirs to ringing chamber; string courses separate the storeys. Small moulded pointed arched W doorway; OS bench mark on SW. N aisle has sprocketed eaves, square headed doorway with voussoirs and 2 side windows; 2-light NE window and E chancel window both have Perpendicular style tracery; against the E wall is the headstone of a tombchest to Thomas Elias (d 1851) with plentiful late Classical decoration, painted at some stage; at SE the wall is unfinished; heavy moulding to 2-light SE window. Gabled buttress with offset indicates division between nave and chancel; nave has 3 windows, the iron frame in one replaced by a late C20 stained glass window. Porch has plain pointed arched doorway with narrow voussoirs. Good cast metal hoppers.

Nave interior is of bare stone, rendered and limewashed to chancel, limewashed to tower. Wagon roof has a boarded ceiling. No chancel arch. 4-bay N arcade, the octagonal piers on very deep remodelled broached square plinths; deeply moulded capitals; pointed arch in NW wall has voussoirs. Tall pointed tower arch has shallow mouldings to sides, deeper and recessed to arch; step down to tower chamber; narrow tower doorway to N has deeply chamfered surround. NW bay is boarded off to form kitchen and vestry; NE bay a chapel. Step up to S door which is square-headed with keystone and voussoirs incorporating arched 6-panelled door. Panelled pulpit against S wall has tester, probably the survivor of an C18-early C19 seating arrangement. Small font possibly early C19 with painted cover. On NE chancel wall an C18 wall monument, and an unusual painted wooden C18 wall monument by S door; others from early C19 and later. Corona light fittings in tower and vestry. Plain quarry glazing to the iron-framed windows; stained glass to E windows and chancel and S window by John Petts late C20. Display case to nave rear contains Bibles; some ledger slabs to floor.