Saturday 22 November 2014

St David's Rhulen


This is the last of the three parish churches called St David that I visited and are in the same area. The church still holds to the outline of the original Norman church and looks to have changed little.





Though the gate and you find a path leading down to the porch




Going over to the far side of the churchyard and we look down to the porch






Heading to the east end you can see there is no window but a memorial sits on the wall to one side
 I read somewhere that the church was extended right up to a yew tree which was not cut down.





Going round the north side and you can see a line in the wall which marks the extension
Back to the south and a view of the church which has a serious lack of windows





The porch where you can see the entrance door




Inside and we see one of the simplest churches I have seen yet
 The altar sits in a recess







Covered in one of the nicest altar cloths I have seen yet





I think the embroidery is quite beautiful





The lecturn and altar













Looking back from the altar to the back of the church













Looking round the church you can see meorials on the wall and the Roll of Honour which alway smakes sad reading










These two memorials sit beside each other  on the noth wall they belong to the Probert Family from the 1750's







 

This one sits on one side of the altar and belongs to the Williams Family from as you can see 1753











The font is very old as well and topped with an oak cover





There are only two windows in the church so I used the lighis in the church for the photos. This is the South Window






But I really like the north  one








 The bible was open on the lecturn for all to read




and like many other churches they had a beautiful flowers brihtening the church up buy the altar





and in the window

I'm sure these are hops but could be wrong




I di dlike the vase here which was on top if the font




Near the door is a little piece about the church

Befor we go outsid ethis is what the church looked like with natural light

































11 comments:

  1. Your customary excellent tour, Bill! What a fabulous looking church - beautifully simple, as you say. Loved that unusual window - can't remember seeing anything like that before.

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  2. Bill, This simple white church is simply beautiful. You captured it in your wonderful images. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  3. well aged. i enjoy the moss on the roof. ( :

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  4. Those are very old gravestones I reckon. I like the church, the simplier, the more solemn it sounds to me. The whole place is interesting, it offers an invitation to something like ponder about life deeper. Was it eerie out there? It doesn't look like there more buildings closeby.

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  5. It's a pretty little church, Bill!

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  6. I just love exploring old graveyards. I love the history and what it says about a place. I miss England but have found some cool places here in Michigan
    Janice

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  7. Lovely images!

    St David's Church, Rhulen, Powys.
    Coflein site deatils and online images:
    http://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/403044/images/ST+DAVID%27S+CHURCH%2C+RHULEN/

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  8. Sadly not at all how I found the Church on Sunday. A small piece mowed by the porch and the rest totally overgrown and the reason for my visit the magnificent Yew Trees were covered with rubble, Grass cuttings, broken plastic, broken glass and general rubbish. Such a shame

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    1. Sadly the case with many churches I visit. Seems to be the trend now to leave the grass to encourage wildlife though in many cases I feel it is an excuse not to pay out in maintenance but no excuse for the litter. Complain to the Builth Deanery about it or the Church in Wales http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/

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