Church of St Tysilio and St Mary, Meifod, Welshpool, Powys, Wales, UK - Medieval Churches on Waymarking.com

"Meifod lies in the valley of the Vyrnwy in central Montgomeryshire, nearly 6 miles north-west of Welshpool. The site originated as an early medieval clas with unsubstantiated links to the early princes of Powys.

There remain traces of a Romanesque successor as ell as what may be a 12th-century tombstone, but much of the present structure is of 14th/15thC date with some Victorian restoration. It is set in a large semi-circular churchyard, now encroached on by secular buildings, and it contained, outside its present perimeter, a medieval chapel site.

The church was originally Romanesque and probably of cruciform plan; the western end of a 12thC aisled church survives in part in nave. On the basis of the tower arch it has been argued that prior to the 14thC, the transepts and central tower had fallen into disuse and been demolished.

The Romanesque church replaced by a church of different plan, without a north aisle, but with a south aisle alongside the chancel, their east walls aligned.

The main doorway and two windows and doorway of the south aisle are 14thC. The tower is of 15thC date on basis of all external detail, though conceivably the upper part of the tower was rebuilt and the stair turret added to an earlier structure at this date. There was some window replacement - east window in chancel - at this time.

The north aisle existed as a lean-to in 1795, and a small section of its east wall survives. It had a wooden arcade in 1837, and was rebuilt by Benjamin Ferrey in 1871-2. During this work the Romanesque arches were found in the south nave wall."

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Building Materials: Stone

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