Newchurch, Powys Explained

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 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. 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."

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52.149°N -3.148°W

Notes and References

  1. https://rollingharbourlife.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/an-unstrenuous-hill-walk-at-newchurch-powys/ RHL
  2. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/86089 Geograph
  3. Web site: Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside . Natural England . 2 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Offa's Dyke Path Information . National Trails . 3 June 2022.