Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lychgate to Church of St Bilo
Felin-Fach, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanfilo, Brecon, Felin-Fach, Powys, designated on 17 January 1963.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 17 January 1963
- Locality
- Llanfilo
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Felin-Fach
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.99056, -3.28415
- Cadw reference
- 6743
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the E side of the churchyard in the centre of the village of Llanfilo.
History
Early C18 stone lychgate to Llanfilo church, restored 1925 as memorial to Great War, presumably by W. D. Caroe.
Exterior
Lychgate, two rubble stone walls carrying stone-tiled roof gabled each end. Oak tie-beam and kingpost small truss embedded in stonework to each gable. Timber lintels across between walls. S wall plaque commemorating repair. Early C20 wooden boarded gates with metal strap hinges and scrolled cresting. Early C20 single gate to right of lychgate.
Reason for designation
Included as a simple C18 churchyard entry of group value with the Church of Saint Bilo.
Nearby in the register
- Sundial in churchyard of Church of St BiloCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of St BiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Medieval Building in Llanfilo VillageBuilding (Unclassified)under 1 mi
- Moated Site in Llanfilo VillageMoated Siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.