St Michael & all Angels Llanfihangel Brynpabuan

Before I start this blog I need to apologise for the fact that last week Posted a blog on a church I had written about just before Christmas, call it a senior moment but I think I just forgot I had already written about it.
This week we travel back to Newbridge on Wye and take the road to Beulah where there are two churches and a chapel I spotted on the way to the second church. The fist church is  St Michael & All Angels Llanfihangel Brynpabuan. History on some of these churches is hard to find but the Benefice website has a little and if you go in the church you will find some one has written a couple of A4 sheets about the history of the church.
"Restored in 1861, parts of the church date from the 13th or 16th century including arch braced roofs in both the porch and church. There is a small, low level window on the south wall, possibly a lepers' window"

The church is set back off the road on a corner so easy to miss

Looking from the West end of the church

Along to the East end

and one along to the porch on the South side, You can see the leper window by the headstone to the right

Above East end with a couple of headstones

The North side where you find the churchyard hear is quite wild

Above the porch leading into the church

Inside looking along the aisle, the church is single cell so no chancel

The altar and East window which is plane with not stained glass.
Right the altar and curtain behind it

The Altar cross and candle holders are simple being made of wood

Right a view from near the altar towards the back of the church

In front of the choir stalls you find the pulpit and the organ on either side of the church

Looking down from the pulpit towards the back of the church

and towards the front with the altar

One nice feature was the candle holders on the pulpit

The face above the Holy water Stoup and right the font

Not sure if this is a memorial because of the difference in dates

The church banner and some of the kneelers by the altar rails

This was a couple of photos I took from the pulpit and stitched together, you can see what is though to be a lepers window to the lower right behind the choir stall

Outside around on the North side in the corner where the vestry is attached is this bell .

Left Part of the churchyard near the porch

The West end of the churchyard

No have not gone into a field these sheep were in the churchyard on the North side
Left another view of the west end

Again West end towards the entrance gate

Above along on the south side of the church a row of tombs no doubt the same family


Left a couple of more recent burials near some older ones

Another recent one with older headstones and tomb

This is the East end of the churchyard and is going back to being wild with ferns growing in parts

The tow headstones on the East end

Couple of crosses, one has a foot stone the other moss growing on it

The moss covered family tombs shown earlier

A double tomb which is partly readable  but covered in yew needles

I'll end here looking at the two chest tombs before I go out the gate and on to the next church.

Till next time I wish you all a pleasant weekend