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
16833
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/09/1961
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Detached belltower at the church of St. Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Bronllys
Town
Locality
Bronllys
Easting
314392
Northing
234914
Street Side
W
Location
Located within the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary, approximately 10m NE of the chancel.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Exterior
Exterior: Probably C13. A detached bell tower for the church. Tightly laid laminated sandstone with a tiled pyramidal roof. Central weathercock. The tower is of two stages, the lower set on a low plinth, the upper stepped in and having two ogee-headed openings on each side. Further small rectangular lights on the E, N and W sides. Modern door on W side facing towards church.
Included at Grade II* as an early medieval structure, contemporary with the occupation of the castle and as a rare surviving British example of a detached medieval belltower.
Reference: Haslam, R. 'Buildings of Wales' Powys (1979), 302.
Interior
Reason for designation
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