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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern

St Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
Church of St Michael and All Angels
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"a fine wagon roof and unusual timber-framed belfry"
St Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern is located in Monmouthshire
St Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
St Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
Location in Monmouthshire
Coordinates: 51°49′17″N 2°49′27″W / 51.8213°N 2.8243°W / 51.8213; -2.8243
Location Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire
Country Wales
Denomination Church in Wales
History
Founded C15th century
Architecture
Status parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II*
Designated 19 November 1953
Architectural type Church
Administration
Parish Llanfihangel-ystern-Llewern
Deanery Monmouth
Archdeaconry Monmouth
Diocese Monmouth
Clergy
Vicar(s) The Reverend G J R Williams

The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 15th century. Renovations took place in the 19th century under the direction of Thomas Henry Wyatt. It is a Grade II* listed building and an active parish church.

The church dates from the medieval period but the building fabric cannot be dated with certainty. The nave roof and the windows are late 15th century. An extensive restoration was carried out by T. H. Wyatt in 1874, the belfry, with its timber base, dating from this restoration. Refurbishment of the interior in the early 20th century saw the addition of a stained glass window depicting Saint George and the Dragon by Charles Eamer Kempe, which dates from 1906 to 1907. A tablet in the church commemorates the Monmouthshire historian and antiquarian Sir Joseph Bradney, who lived nearby at Tal-y-coed Court. St Michael's remains an active parish church.

The church is built of "all-too friable" Old Red Sandstone rubble. The nave, chancel and belfry are all by Wyatt, the porch being slightly later, of 1895. The nave has an original medieval wagon vault roof. The church is a Grade II* listed building, its listing noting its "fine 15th century wagon roof and unusual 19th century timber-framed belfry".


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