St Michael, Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr
St Michael, Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr
St Michael’s is a Grade II* Church in Wales parish church in a modified oval churchyard west of Llanfihangel Bridge on the Afon Alwen, in the Diocese of St Asaph.
- Location
- Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Denbighshire
- City / town
- Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr
- Address
- Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Denbighshire, LL21 9UR
- Postcode
- LL21 9UR
- Built
- C13 or earlier origin; chancel and roof c1500; nave rebuilt C18; restored 1900–02
- Architect
- Harold Hughes (1900–02 restoration)
- Denomination
- Church in Wales
- Dedication
- Michael
- Diocese
- St Asaph
- Parish
- Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Medieval single-chamber church with late medieval roof
- Materials
- Local rubble walling, heavier stone to the chancel; slate roof dated 1900 with crested ridge tiles
- Grid reference
- SH 989 494
- Opening hours
- Daylight hours.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
Cadw traces the church to the thirteenth century or earlier (it appears in the 1254 taxation) and identifies the earliest standing work as the chancel walls, probably contemporary with arched-braced roof trusses of about 1500. Much of the nave was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, perhaps after the great flood of June 1781 recorded on a slate in the chancel, and windows were renewed in the nineteenth century. Harold Hughes restored the church in 1900–02, including the east wall, re-roofing and reseating. The fabric is local rubble under a slate roof dated 1900 in flecked slates, with a tall west bellcote holding a bell of 1681.
The interior has a west lobby and gallery behind a pine screen. The medieval roof runs in bays over nave and chancel, with arched-braced collar trusses, two tiers of purlins and small cusped windbraces; the chancel wall-plate sits higher, suggesting the chancel predates the nave. Fittings include an octagonal limestone font and a west gallery with pierced splat balusters, probably reused communion rails. Monuments include a tablet to Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr, 1741–1814). Cadw lists the church II* for the survival of medieval fabric, especially the late medieval roof.