Church of St Michael and All Angels

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II* listed building, notable for its traditional limewashed stone rubble walls. The roof features concrete tiles that mimic stone slates, except for the north slope of the nave, which is covered with artificial Welsh slates. This small, two-cell country church includes a nave with a bell turret on the west gable, a chancel, a south porch, and a north vestry. The exterior has few datable features, and the windows, likely all Victorian, do not assist in dating the building. The nave has a two-light Decorated window with cusped heads on the south side and a two-light window of 17th-century character on the north. The west door is a plain pointed arch with a hollow chamfer. The bell turret is simple, featuring two bell openings and a gabled roof, topped with a small cross on the east gable. The gabled south porch has bargeboards and a pointed arch with a hollow chamfer. The chancel includes a single-light window with a cusped head on both the south and north sides, while the east window is a three-light Perpendicular style with a dripmould above. The smoothness of the gable wall suggests it may have been rebuilt around the time of the dated glass in 1889, and the east gable is buttressed.

Inside, the church has a plain plastered interior with light waggon roofs in both the nave and chancel, which appear to be contemporary. These roofs rest on moulded wall plates and feature narrow ribs with six-petal roses as bosses. The west end includes a narthex with three pointed arch openings, all with hollow chamfers. The pews, pulpit, and likely the font date from the late 19th century or 1904. The pulpit is accessed via the vestry through an archway that originally led to the rood stair. The east window, designed in the style of Burne-Jones and dated 1889, serves as a memorial to Mary and Margaret Jones. The south window, dated 1901, is a memorial to David Walkinshaw, the founder of the Pontypool Free Press. Additionally, there is a memorial to Christopher Cook, who served as the incumbent from 1851 to 1926, marking the longest incumbency in the history of the Church in Wales.