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

St David's Cregrina

St David's Cregrina

The second of the St David's churches I visited just after the first at Glascwm, this is another sat on a hillside over looking a river and dates to the 13th century and the Normans.

Looking from the North side of the churchyard

 The original Radnorshire bellcote was replaced in the 18th century with a Victorian bell turret

 the South side which has lost its porch in the 20th century restoration

Need to duck going through the doorway

The east end of the church which looks newer that the west end.

Going inside we see the church has retained the rood screen though the rood above depicting Christ on the cross along with Mary & John have been removed at sometime in the past.

The Chance though is still very light from the three windows

The Altar is simple with the chancel window behind

The Altar itself is made from some of the old medieval roof timbers when the bell cote was replaced

Looking back towards the rood screen from near the Altar

A small church organ can be seen behind the choir stalls

Though on the other side of the screen you can see a small pipe version

No stained glass windows as such but the glass is subtlety colored

At the back of the nave you can see the 12 century font

looking up to the ceiling shows the original joists and on the South wall of the chance is the only memorial

Beside the Rood screen you find the wooden pulpit

Outside you can wander round the churchyard which on the whole is well kept

With a mixture of tomb chests and headstones

which mostly date back to Victorian times

You come across tomb chests which still have color on them

or those with lichen growing on then

the inscriptions on them sill legible.
There are a few coffin shaped graves like this one of  a child

Though there is one corner that has been left to nature

and another under the Yew tree

St David's Cregrina, hope you have enjoyed the tour, next week will be St Davids Rhulen. Have a wonderful Sunday.