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St Mary's Church, Newtown

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NPRN303372
Map ReferenceSO19SW
Grid ReferenceSO1087991811
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyMontgomeryshire
CommunityNewtown and Llanllwchaiarn
Type Of SiteCHURCH
PeriodMedieval
Description

The ruins of the medieval double-naved parish church which was abandoned in favour of St David's in 1856 and allowed to decay. The tower was restored and the walls consolidated in 1939. An exceptional painted and gilded screen, detached and repainted hammer-beam angels and an eighteenth century painted panel of the Last Supper were transferred to St David’s Church (NPRN 96660) but are now dispersed

Associated with:
Medieval & later borough (NPRN 33188).

Source:
RCAHMW AP945071/67-8
Richard Suggett, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800, (RCAHMW 2021), pp. 48, 50, 64, 66, 285, 300.

RCAHMW 2022