Church of St Mary - Bellcote - Monknash - Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
N 51° 25.372 W 003° 33.183
30U E 461546 N 5696996
St Mary Magdalene's, church Monknash features a unique Bellcote housing a single Bell dating from 1637. St Mary's is probably the smallest, simplest in style & architecture of all the Norman medieval churches in South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMTGFD
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/21/2016
Views: 1
A tiny church, no bigger than a cottage, located at the side of a remote country road, with no signage. The door was open. The church was identified from the GPS locaion, google view, the church web site photograph, & my photographs taken indoors.
The bell housing looks more like a chimney than a Bellcote, but there is a single Bell mounted inside, The bell according to a photograph inside the Church dates from 1637.
"St Mary Church Monknash is probably the simplest in style and architecture. It is of early 12th century foundation, and the name of the village in which it is situated arose from the fact that it became a grange of Neath Abbey.
The church has been much restored and the architecture shows a number of influences, for example in the windows. The floor of the chancel is covered with the gravestones of local families of years gone by. The stone pulpit is entered through a cut-out in the chancel screen.
The registers date back to 1754 and the church is a Grade 2* listed building.
The church was altered in the restoration of 1890-91, the work involving the replacing of the box pews and the installation of a wooden screen near the west end of the building." text Source & description of this church can be found in the book 'Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan' by Geoffrey Orrin, published by D. Brown.
Services at St Mary's
Week 1
Mattins 9.30am
Week 2
Eucharist 6.30pm
Week 3
Eucharist 9.30am
Week 4
Evensong 6.30pm
Address of Tower:
St Mary - Church of Wales, Heol Las, Monknash, Vale Of Glamorgan. Wales.
Still Operational: yes
Number of bells in tower?: 1
Relevant website?: [Web Link]
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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: No
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