Parish Church of St John Divine

 I had noticed The Parish Church of St John Divine Cwmbach Llechrhyd along what was the old A470  from Builth Wells many years ago when we passed by it on the way to the Elan Valley. Then a new road was built straightening out the old section between Builth Wells and  Newbridge on Wye thus isolating the small hamlet of Cwmbach Llechrhyd and its church. The only time I saw it was when we passed by along the new road above it and looked down on the spire. I finally got around to visiting the church while on my was to Landrindod Wells.There is not  much history I can find on the church other than it is Victorian and built in the 19th century. The church is in the Upper Wye Group of Churches

Your first view of the church from the road

The path leading to the church

The churchyard to the right which is still very much in use

The same can be said looking over to the right

This around the North West side of the church

The South side with the porch

Back around to the West end

Where you can see this inscription along the wall 

The North East end of the church

The East end with a view of the spire that had a ring of bells in it

I did try open the door leading to the church but it was firmly locked. The porch did have these stained glass windows in it

Which looked impressive and made me think what the rest of the church would have looked like inside

Up on the West end is a mixture of old and new graves

The headstones here are all in reasonable condition but then they only date from the 1800's

Looking back down the south side of the Church

The East end churchyard with all the newer burials 

The next church to visit in the area is Newbridge on Wye which is a similar looking church which I hopefully I will get access to 

Have a Peacefull Weekend