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Locality
Pwllcrochan: Situated on South side of lane from Walton Cross,
some 100m ESE of the church.
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Former schoolroom in squared grey limestone with slate
eaves roof, coped shouldered North gable and bellcote.
Single story. North end has 3-light mullion and transom
timber window with small-paned glazing, chamfered reveal.
Stone sill and moulded stone hoodmould, Bellcote is
corbelled with side stepped in and single pointed bell
opening. Slate date plaque. Raised plinth. West Side has
two 3-light timber mullioned windows. South end has lean-to
porch with pointed door. North side has chimney as on the
1851 school at Rhoscrowther, chamfered sides and squared
base and cap, Included
as good small-scale example of a rural school building
which groups with former parish church in the centre of a
scattered community
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Former Church
of Saint Mary
Locality
Pwllcrochan: Situated in sloping churchyard South of inlet at
Pwllcrochan Flats.
| Exterior: circa 14 to circa 15 former
parish church with North transept dated 1342. Rubble
stone and slate roofs. Nave. Whitewashed rendered chancel.
Circa 19 North porch, North transept with squint,
Southeast tower with recessed stone spire. And disused
South porch. Nave has circa 19 fishscale slate eaves roof.
Circa 19 2-light West window with quatrefoil in head.
Whitewashed South side with affixed slate plaque to G
Phelps (d 1803). Circa 19 North porch has pointed doorway
and plain pointed medieval inner doorway. South porch has
circa 19 eaves roof and blocked rough stone pointed South
doorway. Tower at South East End of nave has corbelled
parapet and narrow lancet bell openings. Recessed
octagonal spire. Circa 19 2-light South window. North
transept has North East angle red carved inscription
stone of exceptional rarity, which records its rebuilding
by Rudolph Benegar. Rector. 1342. 2-light flat-headed
window. West side plaque to Rev A Boye (d 1704). Squint
has flat-headed 2-light window. Chancel has 3-light circa
19 east window. |
| Interior: Not
inspected. North transept has circa 19 roof and plastered
arch to nave. Fittings have been removed. Font and
memorials to Rhoscrowther church History: Restoration is recorded in
1865. Under Mr Lloyd of Neyland. And 1897. The interior
is recorded as having on South side of the nave the
effigy of Rudolph de Benegar. The chancel as having sedilia. Piscina. Blocked priest’s door and two
niches. The church was closed in 1982
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