Historic Churches - Mid Wales and the Brecon Beacons

St Cewydd's Church in Aberdew is a mostly medieval church with an open rafter roof, medieval screen, and 19th century Gothic cast iron altar rail. There are 18th-century monuments on the interior and exterior walls.
Aberedw, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales

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Heritage Highlight: 16th century chancel screen

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The pretty church of St Mauritius is one of the smallest churches in Wales, stretching only 35 feet from end to end. The core of the church was built in the 13th century, though the unusual three-sided apse was added in late Victorian period.
Alltmawr, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, LD2 3YR

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St Michael's is a late Victorian church retaining a 14th century roof, medieval carved figures and rood screen. This church was a favourite place of diarist Rev. Francis Kilvert.
Bettws Clyro, Powys, Wales, HR3 5SA

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One of the newest cathedrals in Britain, Brecon Cathedral is a medieval church that was raised to cathedral status in 1923. The church survived the Dissolution virtually unaltered, and became the parish church of Brecon. Little now remains of that early Norman church; much of the building we can see today dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.
The Cathedral Office, The Cathedral Close, Brecon, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales, LD3 9DP

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Heritage Highlight: A superb medieval church; one of the finest examples of medieval architecture in Wales

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St Mary's is a Norman church, rebuilt in the Victorian period but retaining its medieval font and a finely carved 16th-century screen. A detached medieval bell tower holds a ring of six bells.
Bronllys, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales, LD3 0HS

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Heritage Highlight: Detached medieval tower

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St Michael's is a 13th-century church with a late medieval roof, a pair of medieval carved figures set into the wall, and a 7th-century Celtic pillar stone in the chancel.
Bryngwyn, Painscastle, Powys, Wales, HR5 3QN

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Heritage Highlight: 7th century pillar cross

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St Mary's, Builth Wells, is a Victorian church built to replace an earlier Norman and 14th century building. The 14th-century tower remains, and in the porch is an Elizabethan monument to John Lloyd. The stained glass in the impressive east wall is by CE Kempe and is dated 1877.
Church Street, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, LD2 3BT

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St Michael's church in Clyro dates to the 12th century but was comprehensively rebuilt in 1853. It is most famous for its connection to Rev. Francis Kilvert, curate in 1865, who wrote a popular diary of his life and times as a country parson.
Clyro, Powys, Wales, HR3 5SF

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Heritage Highlight: Connections to diarist Francis Kilvert

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St David's is a very simple rural church on a site overlooking the River Edw. The church boasts a 13th century nave, 15th century roof, a late medieval wooden screen, and a Norman tub font.
Cregrina, Powys, Wales, LD1 5SF

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Heritage Highlight: Norman tub font

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St Mary's is a 13th century church with a 16th century tower and 15th century porch. The church was restored twice in the late Victorian period and again in the early 20th century by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis of Portmeirion fame.
Crickadarn, Powys, Wales, LD2 3PJ

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval nave and porch

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