Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 July 1962. Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- hushed-rood-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 July 1962
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Grey limestone rubble, the body of the church matching the older tower which is built of more random rubble with dressed quoin stones; Welsh slate roofs. Nave, north aisle, south porch, chancel, vestry, west tower. The church appears to be a total Victorian rebuild except for the tower, but the south wall of the nave is suspiciously thick, and irregular on the inner face, and may have been partly reused, it is certainly refaced on the outside. Perpendicular style except for the chancel which has Early English type lancets and a Tudor style east window. Gabled south porch with verges and cross to gable. Three bay nave with two light windows of Perpendicular type, buttress between. Rear has catslide roof over north aisle, and similar windows. Verges and cross to junction gable between nave and chancel, and to the east gable. Chancel has three lancets with a shorter one to the altar. Three light east window. The west tower appears of one build but the parapets may be Victorian as has happened in the similar rebuilding at St Cadoc's, Trevethin. Three stage tower with north stair turret. West door with pointed head. Second stage has a small west window with chamfered jambs. Two light belfry windows as nave, these could be Victorian. String course, battlemented parapet with the stair turret the same height. There is a large stainless steel flue rising up the angle between the tower and the turret and going higher than the parapet.
The chief interior feature is the Early English style tripartite chancel arch. Steeply pointed with the centre arch slightly higher, carried on polished pink columns. This presumably dates with the chancel. In front of this a C16 type oak screen erected in 1935. Another unusual feature of this church is the arcade of octagonal piers to north aisle. These carry a large and highly moulded wall plate. Fine roof of principal rafters with arch braced collars, each third one carries a kingpost. Four tiers of purlins. The chancel roof has arched braced collars and windbraces. The plain pews are Victorian, as is the font. East window by O' Connor and Taylor.
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