St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwinston

St Michael and All Angels Church

St Michael and All Angels Church is a Grade I listed church in Colwinston, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 22 February 1963.[1] The church is said to have been built in 1111.[2] The earliest mention of this parish church comes in the form of an 1141 confirmation of a donation made to the church by Maurice de Londres.[3] The church and all of its possessions were given to the Abbey of Gloucester; this was confirmed circa 1200 when the Bishop of Landaff assigned a resident chaplain to the church.[4] In 1254, the church was listed with a valuation of five marks. By 1291, it was combined with the valuation of Ewenny Priory.[4][2]

The church has many medieval wall paintings; among the subjects are: the life of St. Nicholas, St. Vitus and the Enthronement of Thomas Becket.[2][5][6] The building was restored in 1879 and much of its furnishings date from this time.[1][2][6] In 1971, the church was damaged by a fire.[5] To prepare for the 2000 Millennium, the church was redecorated and reroofed; a new north vestry and entrance were also part of this project.[1] The churchyard cross and wall were both listed as Grade II buildings on 23 July 2003.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Church of St Michael and All Angels, Colwinston". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Colwinston-Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 2007. p. 16.
  3. ↑ Owen, Aneurin (1863). Archaeologia Cambrensis: Supplements, Volume 1. J. Russell Smith. p. 51.
  4. 1 2 Green, Charles Alfred Howell (1906). Notes on Churches in the Diocese of Llandaff, Volumes 1-3. T. E. Smith. pp. 71–72.
  5. 1 2 "Colwinston History". Colwinston Village Community. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 "St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwinston". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Churchyard Cross of Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Colwinston". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Churchyard Wall of Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Colwinston". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

Coordinates: 51°28′03″N 3°31′41″W / 51.46759°N 3.52793°W / 51.46759; -3.52793

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