Newchurch is a small rural village in Powys, Wales, centred around St Mary's Church.[1][2] The village is within the community of Gladestry,[3] about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Hay-on-Wye, and is on the Offa's Dyke Path, one of the UK's National Trails.[4]

The church of St Mary is Grade II listed, and was rebuilt in 1856–57. Francis Kilvert, the Welsh clergyman and diarist, was a frequent visitor.[5] The adjoining Great House and its barn are also Grade II listed. Great House is described by Cadw as a "late C15 cruck-framed hall house, notable for the great span of its trusses, at 28ft the widest yet recorded in Wales."[6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ RHL
  2. ^ Geograph
  3. ^ "Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside". Natural England. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Offa's Dyke Path Information". National Trails. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  5. ^ Cadw. "Church of St Mary (Grade II) (15347)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  6. ^ Cadw. "Great House including former Barn Range attached to right (Grade II) (8785)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  7. ^ Cadw. "Barn at Great House on SW side of Farmyard (Grade II) (8786)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

52°08′56″N 3°08′53″W / 52.149°N 3.148°W / 52.149; -3.148


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