I have seen the church tower many times as we drive though the town on our way to Builth Wells and I have been wanting to visit for a while so as I drove past on my way to last weeks church it only seemed prudent to visit on my way back
Not much history to be found on Wikipedia about the church other than the church dates back to the 14th century
The church as you come in the gate
Looking across an older part of the churchyard towards the tower
The north side of the church with more recent graves in the foreground
South east view of the church
Wide angle view of the north side
Churchyard as you walk in the gate
Unusual wrought iron cross
Commonwealth war grave of Saper J.R. Power
Couple of table tombs among the headstones
Collage of headstones
General view of the churchyard on the south of the church
Path leading though to the more recent part of the churchyard
The churchyard is is full of headstone on he south side of the church
Looking east over the churchyard
Turning left towards the church
South east side of the church
Porch leading to the church
Inside you will find the Roll of Honour
also the Welsh flag proudly displayed
View as you walk in the church
View of the nave
The chancel and choir stalls
The altar with east window
The altar with oak panel behind
The Stained glass east window
Organ with painted organ pipes
The arch leads off to the vestry
View through the arches to the south aisle
The south aisle
This I presume is the lady chapel
Looking back to the west end of the south aisle
Though I did not take a photo of the pulpit I did take this wide view of both south and main aisle
Some of the memorials in the church
Memorial to John Bowen
Triple stained glass windows
South aisle east window
Memorial to Stanley G Powell
The lectern holds the roll of honour book
I've not really seen many models made using used matchsticks but some one made one of St Mary's church
I will leave you with a view of the font.
Till next time I will wish you all a peaceful week
9 comments:
I do like the model made of matchsticks! An interesting church - thanks for all the photos :)
Beautiful church.
The model with matchsticks is certainly unique, Billy. I was impressed, too, by the decorated organ pipes. Wish I could hear how it sounds! Blessings!
You have certainly given it a good write-up - lots of super photos. I have a feeling that when Tam and I went there it was shut! Thanks for visiting on our behalf. No churches from me these days as I never get a chance for respite afternoons out and the churches I want to visit are a fair distance away now.
Such interesting shots.
My Monday mosaic is HERE
Much♡love
Many unusual features to this church - very interesting!
Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2024/06/52-years-ago-today.html
Billy. this is a place for remembering indeed.
Another round of MosaicMonday in June... and I'm looking forward to your contribution again. This week there are many pictures that tell of your surroundings, of nature, of your everyday life. Pictures that also tell a bit of history.
Thank you for your participation. Have fun, best wishes from Heidrun
It looks like an interesting church. The little matchstick model was certainly unusual!
Such a lovely building - Thanks for sharing and for linking up with #MySundaySnapshot.
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