Historic Churches - Mid Wales and the Brecon Beacons
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Mid Wales is blessed with an extremely large number of fascinating historic churches, many of them originating before AD 1000 and quite a few closely linked to early Welsh saints.
St Maelog's is a 19th century church with a 16th century tower. Inside is a 13th century font, 16th century monuments, and a 10th century cross slab.
Llandefaelog Fach, Powys, Wales, LD3 9TT
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Heritage Highlight: 10th century Cross of Briamail
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St Matthew's is a large 15th century church on the site of a 6th century Celtic foundation. The tower, south porch and north nave wall are 13th century, and there is a 14th century rood screen and faded fragments of wall paintings.
Llandefalle, Brecon, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales, LD3 0ND
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Heritage Highlight: 14th century wooden screen
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This rural church is set in a wonderfully scenic location, with views to the Black Mountains. The body of the church is 14th century nave, with a font of the same age, and 17th century altar rails.
Llandeilo Graban, Powys, Wales, LD2 3YJ
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Heritage Highlight: 14th century font
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This delightful Victorian church was built to serve the burgeoning population of Llandrindod Wells and the huge influx of summer visitors coming to take the waters at the spa. Highlights include an excellent 19th-century stained hammer-beam roof with carved figures of angels.
Spa Road, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales, LD1 5EQ
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Heritage Highlight: Excellent Victorian hammer-beam roof
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St Ellyw is a redundant 13th century church in a remote location on the fringes of the Black Mountains, in the Brecon Beacons. The church boasts a 14th century rood screen and loft, medieval wall paintings, and 7th-9th century pillar stones.
Llanelieu, Powys, Wales, LD3 0EB
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Heritage Highlight: 14th century painted screen and rood loft
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St Matthew's church stands near the River Wye, facing Builth Wells across the river. The church is 14th century with a major Victorian rebuilding. The tower is also 14th century, and there is a carved chancel screen with winged angels.
Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, LD2 3TY
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Llanfihangel Cefnllys stands at the foot of medieval Cefnllys Castle and once served a medieval royal borough that grew up around the castle. Most of the present church is 13th century, and it boasts a Norman font and a very nice 15th-century chancel screen.
Cefnllys Lane, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales, LD1 5PD
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Heritage Highlight: The church served a long-lost medieval royal borough
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Well preserved Norman and medieval church. Rood screen, stone slab altars, 15th century bell and 18th century memorials, and pre-Norman font.
Llanfilo, Powys, Wales, LD3 0RD
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St Brynach's is a 14th-century church, rebuilt in the Victorian period, but housing a carved stone slab dating to the 10th century.
Llanfrynach, Brecon, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales, LD3 7BX
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Heritage Highlight: 10th-century carved slab
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The medieval church of St Cadwaladr stands inside an ancient enclosure. The first written record of a church here comes from 1291, when the chapel of 'Bettws Kadwaladr' was mentioned as belonging to Llanrhaiadr church.
Llangadwaladr, Powys, Wales, SY10 7QP
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Heritage Highlight: 15th century nave roof timbers
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