Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

View to St Mary's Church from the Banwy Bridge.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

Bridge Street

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

Bridge Street / Mount Road Junction.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

Grade II Listed Presbyterian Church. History: Presbyterian Church, originally Calvinistic Methodist. Built in 1874 (date stone on S. gable) by Mr. Owen, architect, of Liverpool. Exterior: Chapel in early Decorated style. Rock faced stone with slate roofs, limestone dressings. NW two stage tower with spire has tall lancet in recess and panel with corbel table at base of broach spire. Nave with W and E transepts and two storey vestry at N end. Paired foiled lancets to transepts and three-light window with roundels at S. end. Vestry approached by 9 steps from forecourt has hipped roof and small gablet over centre window. Part glazed door at street level with sequential windows either side. Interior: Shallow barrel vault of 3 bays, plus cross vault at N end running into transepts, defined by moulded timber ribs rising from wall consoles. Raking floor with 3 banks of pews, 2 in aisles, seating approximately 150. Recessed arch behind pulpit, defined by Corinthian pilasters and semi-circular keyed arch. Pulpit seat and carved part-octagonal carved frontal, all in pitch pine, sedd fawr in a panelled enclosure with raised newels. Organ in good mahogany case, said to come from a country house. Stained margin-glazed glass to all windows.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

Platinum Jubilee Beacon Cresset in the grounds of St Mary's Church.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

St Mary's Well Ffynon Fair (St. Mary's Well). -- This is a spring and well near the church. It was a holy well and under the guardianship of the Virgin. Its water was used for the sacred uses of the Church, as in the font for baptism, etc. , and in years gone by it was held in great repute for its curative properties, especially as a bath for rheumatic complaints and cutaneous disorders. It was formerly held also to have talismanic properties as a protective against curses, witchcraft, and other evils of life. But what was the superstitious cantrap necessary to be used to make it efficacious is not now known. This is from 'A parochial history of Llanfair Caereinion' in 'Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders' (1868). You can read about the several other wells in the area and their curative powers.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

St Mary's Well Ffynon Fair (St. Mary's Well). -- This is a spring and well near the church. It was a holy well and under the guardianship of the Virgin. Its water was used for the sacred uses of the Church, as in the font for baptism, etc. , and in years gone by it was held in great repute for its curative properties, especially as a bath for rheumatic complaints and cutaneous disorders. It was formerly held also to have talismanic properties as a protective against curses, witchcraft, and other evils of life. But what was the superstitious cantrap necessary to be used to make it efficacious is not now known. This is from 'A parochial history of Llanfair Caereinion' in 'Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders' (1868). You can read about the several other wells in the area and their curative powers.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

St Mary's Well Ffynon Fair (St. Mary's Well). -- This is a spring and well near the church. It was a holy well and under the guardianship of the Virgin. Its water was used for the sacred uses of the Church, as in the font for baptism, etc. , and in years gone by it was held in great repute for its curative properties, especially as a bath for rheumatic complaints and cutaneous disorders. It was formerly held also to have talismanic properties as a protective against curses, witchcraft, and other evils of life. But what was the superstitious cantrap necessary to be used to make it efficacious is not now known. This is from 'A parochial history of Llanfair Caereinion' in 'Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders' (1868). You can read about the several other wells in the area and their curative powers.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

St. Mary's Church in Llanfair Caereinion is on a site that appears early medieval, and it is claimed that a church has been in evidence there since the eleventh century at the latest. It first appears in the historical record in 1239. Although St. Mary's was demolished and rebuilt by Edward Haycock in 1868, much of the original geometric plan was maintained, with a continuous nave and chancel incorporating the vestry, west tower, north aisle and south porch. In addition, a great deal of early material was incorporated into the rebuilt structure; the south porch can be dated to the early thirteenth century, and although the font has proven difficult to date, it appears to be from the same period. The timber roof structure is of the fifteenth century, with some original timber beams apparently carved. The stone effigy of a knight, Dafydd ap Gruffyd Vychan, dates to approximately 1400. To the northeast of the churchyard is St. Mary's Well, (NPRN 32455) which was believed to have been pre-Christian to have had curative powers. The church is built primarily from grey quarried sandstone blocks, with pink and yellow sandstone dressings. Until 1884 the tower was a timber construction on a stonework base, but was replaced with a stone 3-stage tower by A.E. Lloyd Oswell in 1885.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

High Street / Watergate Street Junction

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

War Memorial and St Mary's Church St. Mary's Church in Llanfair Caereinion is on a site that appears early medieval, and it is claimed that a church has been in evidence there since the eleventh century at the latest. It first appears in the historical record in 1239. Although St. Mary's was demolished and rebuilt by Edward Haycock in 1868, much of the original geometric plan was maintained, with a continuous nave and chancel incorporating the vestry, west tower, north aisle and south porch. In addition, a great deal of early material was incorporated into the rebuilt structure; the south porch can be dated to the early thirteenth century, and although the font has proven difficult to date, it appears to be from the same period. The timber roof structure is of the fifteenth century, with some original timber beams apparently carved. The stone effigy of a knight, Dafydd ap Gruffyd Vychan, dates to approximately 1400. To the northeast of the churchyard is St. Mary's Well, (NPRN 32455) which was believed to have been pre-Christian to have had curative powers. The church is built primarily from grey quarried sandstone blocks, with pink and yellow sandstone dressings. Until 1884 the tower was a timber construction on a stonework base, but was replaced with a stone 3-stage tower by A.E. Lloyd Oswell in 1885.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

St. Mary's Church in Llanfair Caereinion is on a site that appears early medieval, and it is claimed that a church has been in evidence there since the eleventh century at the latest. It first appears in the historical record in 1239. Although St. Mary's was demolished and rebuilt by Edward Haycock in 1868, much of the original geometric plan was maintained, with a continuous nave and chancel incorporating the vestry, west tower, north aisle and south porch. In addition, a great deal of early material was incorporated into the rebuilt structure; the south porch can be dated to the early thirteenth century, and although the font has proven difficult to date, it appears to be from the same period. The timber roof structure is of the fifteenth century, with some original timber beams apparently carved. The stone effigy of a knight, Dafydd ap Gruffyd Vychan, dates to approximately 1400. To the northeast of the churchyard is St. Mary's Well, (NPRN 32455) which was believed to have been pre-Christian to have had curative powers. The church is built primarily from grey quarried sandstone blocks, with pink and yellow sandstone dressings. Until 1884 the tower was a timber construction on a stonework base, but was replaced with a stone 3-stage tower by A.E. Lloyd Oswell in 1885.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

St. Mary's Church in Llanfair Caereinion is on a site that appears early medieval, and it is claimed that a church has been in evidence there since the eleventh century at the latest. It first appears in the historical record in 1239. Although St. Mary's was demolished and rebuilt by Edward Haycock in 1868, much of the original geometric plan was maintained, with a continuous nave and chancel incorporating the vestry, west tower, north aisle and south porch. In addition, a great deal of early material was incorporated into the rebuilt structure; the south porch can be dated to the early thirteenth century, and although the font has proven difficult to date, it appears to be from the same period. The timber roof structure is of the fifteenth century, with some original timber beams apparently carved. The stone effigy of a knight, Dafydd ap Gruffyd Vychan, dates to approximately 1400. To the northeast of the churchyard is St. Mary's Well, (NPRN 32455) which was believed to have been pre-Christian to have had curative powers. The church is built primarily from grey quarried sandstone blocks, with pink and yellow sandstone dressings. Until 1884 the tower was a timber construction on a stonework base, but was replaced with a stone 3-stage tower by A.E. Lloyd Oswell in 1885.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

Bridge Street

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

Grade II Listed Presbyterian Church. History: Presbyterian Church, originally Calvinistic Methodist. Built in 1874 (date stone on S. gable) by Mr. Owen, architect, of Liverpool. Exterior: Chapel in early Decorated style. Rock faced stone with slate roofs, limestone dressings. NW two stage tower with spire has tall lancet in recess and panel with corbel table at base of broach spire. Nave with W and E transepts and two storey vestry at N end. Paired foiled lancets to transepts and three-light window with roundels at S. end. Vestry approached by 9 steps from forecourt has hipped roof and small gablet over centre window. Part glazed door at street level with sequential windows either side. Interior: Shallow barrel vault of 3 bays, plus cross vault at N end running into transepts, defined by moulded timber ribs rising from wall consoles. Raking floor with 3 banks of pews, 2 in aisles, seating approximately 150. Recessed arch behind pulpit, defined by Corinthian pilasters and semi-circular keyed arch. Pulpit seat and carved part-octagonal carved frontal, all in pitch pine, sedd fawr in a panelled enclosure with raised newels. Organ in good mahogany case, said to come from a country house. Stained margin-glazed glass to all windows.

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomery, Powys, - July 03, 2022

Bridge Street