I found this church while looking on the Ordnance survey mapping I have on my laptop, I had been looking at the last two places I visited and noticed a road going East from Newchurch towards the Welsh Boarder and nearly missed the small cross marking the church. St Michael on Arrow is only a short distance from the boarder with England. Parts of the church date back to the 13th Century though most of it was restored in the 19th century. A more detailed history can be found on the CPAT website
The walk to the church is a long grass path through the churchyard
You walk between fenced off graves which are either side
Above the porch and tower which is one of the more unusual ones I have seen with a North to South roof on it
The walls of which have lancet windows on
Above the North side with vestry and Right the East end wall of the chancel, not often you see no window.
The tower for some reason reminds me of a barn
Right the South side of the church
Enter the church through the porch
Found the nave quite dark for my Compact
Above nice to see a screen that looked very old
Left inside the chancel
The altar with altar cross and candles
Plastic covered the cloth on the altar
Left a rear view of the screen
In the chancel is a nice stained glass window of the Good Shepherd
Right a seated window
Behind the Choir stalls is a very nice stained glass
Above the pulpit
with the view down the nave from it
Above the font which does not look older than 19th century
Memorial to Hugh Lloyd
There are a few memorials in the church like Thomas Mainwaring here on the right
Above a tomb slab which is in the nave
Left a painting of the Last Supper
Outside you can look around the churchyard though you need to get over the chicken wire fencing there
Most of the headstones are quite old
With a few tombs on the East end lost in the ferns growing there
The odd monument is also found in the churchyard
This is the right hand side you see walking North up to the church
and the left, I am looking South down from the church
Another monument in better condition
I will leave you with this prayer I took on the way out.
Till Next time take care and have a peaceful weekend
A beautiful church. The stained glass particularly draws my eye.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful church with an unusual appearance. The stained glass windows are lovely and there are some interesting features such as the seat in the window. It looks a peaceful setting for a church. Wishing you a good week ahead, Bill.
ReplyDeleteA definite shortage of windows in that church - which is how all medieval churches used to be built. They were supposed to be a dark space where you could contemplate your sins and your mortality.
ReplyDelete...Bill, each week you amaze me with another beautiful church, how do you do it?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking parts of it looks like a barn :) beautiful stain glass window and I like the window seats too...a lovely church...so glad you found it to share
ReplyDeleteWow, it looks so old but is lovely inside. The tower looks like a fortification.
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