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Church of St David

A Grade II Listed Building in Painscastle, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1005 / 52°6'1"N

Longitude: -3.2479 / 3°14'52"W

OS Eastings: 314620

OS Northings: 245424

OS Grid: SO146454

Mapcode National: GBR YW.9T5D

Mapcode Global: VH6B8.NGBK

Plus Code: 9C4R4Q22+6V

Entry Name: Church of St David

Listing Date: 9 March 1995

Last Amended: 9 March 1995

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1372

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300001372

Location: Isolated position 3.2 kilometres south west of Painscastle, reached along pathway from Cwm.

County: Powys

Community: Painscastle (Castell-paen)

Community: Painscastle

Locality: Llandewi Fach

Traditional County: Radnorshire

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Exterior

Rebuilding on ancient site by Pritchard and Seddon 1857-1860. Small nave, chancel, south porch, louvred bellcote with pyramid roof. Rubble stone, clasping diagonal set buttresses, artificial slate roof. South wall of nave has unusual two-light windows in C14 bar tracery style with cusped heads and glazed lunette.

Very small churchyard with numerous tombstones and yew trees. Inscribed grave slab of 1691 by south east corner of porch.

Interior

Fireplace in north wall, flagstone floor, tall pointed chancel arch, boarded ceiling, re-used dado panelling, turned communion rails dated 1712, octagonal font, two simple C17 wood benches with scribed mouldings.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well-designed small country church by an eminent firm of Victorian architects; outstanding hillside setting.

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