Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 September 2000. A Victorian Church.
Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- outer-panel-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 September 2000
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building featuring a west gable end with buttresses on either side. It has a pointed door, a window with two trefoil-headed lights grouped under a quatrefoil, and a trefoil-headed lancet in the gable. The gable also has a gabled bell-cote that houses a single bell dated 1867, topped by a cross. The south wall of the nave includes buttresses at both ends and a projecting south porch towards the center. This porch has a pointed arch leading to a rib-vaulted interior, with a medieval inner doorway. To the right of the porch is a Victorian window with two trefoil-headed lights and a quatrefoil above, followed by a cinquefoil light with a drip mould over it to illuminate the pulpit. The gables are coped.
The north wall of the nave is divided into three bays by buttresses. From the left, there is a 2-light window with trefoil heads that is reasonably medieval, followed by a 2-light Victorian window and a single Victorian light. The chancel's south wall features a blocked pointed arch priest's door and a 2-light medieval window. The east gable has buttresses and a stepped window with three trefoil-headed lights, along with a trefoil in the gable, all of which are Victorian. The gable is also coped. The north wall is obscured by a Victorian vestry that includes a door and a reset medieval window.
The church is set within a churchyard that contains various 19th-century memorials, including some chest tombs. Notably, there is a memorial to John Loraine Baldwin, who died in 1896 and was the founder of the I Zingari Cricket Club, residing at St Anne's House.
Inside, the furnishings are predominantly Victorian and plain, except for a medieval font bowl. The chancel features a tiled floor, and the roofs consist of arch-braced collar beam trusses with close boarding. The trusses are closely set in the nave and arranged in three wider bays in the chancel. Both the roofs and trusses date from 1846 but incorporate some medieval rafters and bracing.
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