Newchurch, Radnorshire

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Newchurch
Radnorshire
A Churchyard Yew at Newchurch - geograph 4356394.jpg
A Churchyard Yew in Newchurch
Location
Grid reference: SO215507
Location: 52°8’56"N, 3°8’53"W
Data
Postcode: HR5
Local Government
Council: Powys
Parliamentary
constituency:
Brecon and Radnorshire

Newchurch is a small, rural village in Radnorshire, centred around St Mary's Church. It is about five miles north of Hay-on-Wye, and on the Offa's Dyke Path.

The church of St Mary is Grade II listed, and was rebuilt in 1856–57. Francis Kilvert, the clergyman and diarist, was a frequent visitor.[1]

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."[2][3]

References

  1. Site details: Church of St Mary (RCAHMW)
  2. Great House including former Barn Range attached to right
    Grade II - National Historic Assets of Wales
  3. Barn at Great House on SW side of Farmyard
    Grade II - National Historic Assets of Wales