St Michael's Church, Llantarnam

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NPRN307297
Cyfeirnod MapST39SW
Cyfeirnod GridST3069093150
Awdurdod Unedol (Lleol)Torfaen
Hen SirSir Fynwy
CymunedLlantarnam
Math O SafleEGLWYS
CyfnodÔl-Ganoloesol, Canoloesol
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St Michael's Church, Llanfihangel Llantarnam, built in the Gothic Perpendicular style, both gable and long-wall entry type. A prominent feature of this Church is the integral tower. 
Church restored from 1869, consisting of a nave and chancel, with the Morgan/Blewitt chapel on the N side of the later. 
Present status [2002] : unknown

A number of wall paintings were identified in the church, including a panel with Our Lady and a priest in full vestments and a boy server on the north wall of the Nave. Above the chancel arch, a painting depicted a “host of angels” surrounding Adoration or Doom.  The other walls were embellished with representations of figures and half figures, probably of saints.  All crumbled after discovery in 1918 (Evans, 354).

Associated with:
Churchyard cross (Nprn307897).

Sources include:
Os495card; ST39SW9
RCAHMW Wallpaintings Database. 2004.09.15/RCAHMW/SLE
Richard Suggett, Painted Temples: Wallpaintings and Rood-screens in Welsh Churches, 1200–1800, (RCAHMW 2021).


RCAHMW 2022