Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1997. House. 4 related planning applications.
Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- long-garret-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1997
- Type
- House
- Address
- Church of St Thomas, Talywain, Pontypool, Abersychan, NP4 7EE
- OS grid reference
- SO 261 040
- Coordinates
- 51.73023, -3.07009
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Thomas is a 19th-century building constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings, while the west front is rendered. It features a Welsh slate roof and has a large rectangular shape similar to a barn, with a small chancel and a very small west porch. The church has a five-bay nave, with each bay divided by pilaster buttresses that have off-sets. Each bay contains a lancet window with a dripmould above, featuring leaded glazing. The structure includes diagonal corner buttresses, a moulded eaves gutter, a plain roof with kneelers, and a gabled bell-cote on the west gable. The west end has a window on either side of the small gabled porch, which also has kneelers and diagonal buttresses, along with a cross to the gable. Above the porch is a smaller lancet window without a dripmould and a roundel. The chancel features a triple Early English window, which was boarded up at the time of the resurvey.
Inside, the church has been stripped out except for the west gallery, which has a panelled front supported by two slim cast iron columns. The area beneath the gallery was divided into rooms with a light timber and glass front around 1960. The chancel arch is chamfered and four-centred, and a moulded plaster cornice runs along the ceiling, which is supported by five beams on corbelled brackets.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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