Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
11679
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
30/03/1987  
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987  
Name of Property
Church of St Michael & all Angels (Manselton Parish Church)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Swansea  
Community
Cwmbwrla  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
265185  
Northing
195228  
Street Side
 
Location
On the corner with Bohun Street, ground falls steeply to E.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
1904-5. Designed by E Bruce Vaughan of Cardiff. Cost about £6,000 (£4,000 donated by Mr R Glyn Vivian).  

Exterior
Plain of undivided nave and chancel with vestries under, S aisle (N aisle never built), organ chamber and S porch. Perpendicular Gothic. Twin gabled front to Manor Road, coursed rubble facings, Bath stone dressings, slate roofs with tiled crestings. Gable parapets with twin bellcote and weathervane to left over 5-light traceried window; 3 light window to S. Plinth and hoodmouldings. Buttressed side elevations, 2-light windows, cross-gable with 3 light window at E end (organ chamber). High E end with 5-light window, polygonal stair-tower in angle.  

Interior
Simple interior has 5-bay arcade with polygonal piers, blocked N arch matching organ chamber arch to S. Ribbed and boarded ceilings with paired angle corbels at chancel entrance. Sedilia with foliage spandrels and paterae to hoodmould. Plain whitewashed walls with rere-arches to window splays, 2-bay arcade facing S aisle. Wooden lectern and pulpit.  

Reason for designation
 

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