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St Mary's Church, Maestir

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St Mary's Church, Maestir in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
30 min–1 h
  • Free entry

About

St Mary's Church, Maestir is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

St Mary's Church, Maestir, is one of the Church in Wales churches belonging to the United Benefice of Lampeter. It stands two miles north-west of the university town of Lampeter on what was once the Falcondale Estate.

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Background

History

St Mary's Church was built in 1880 as an estate church for John Battersby Harford of Falcondale, ancestor of the Harford Baronets. The church also served as a chapel of ease for St Peter's Church, Lampeter. It contains a twelfth-century square-bowled font featuring carvings of the Four Evangelists that is originally from nearby Lampeter Church. It is one of a number of twelfth-century fonts - including those at Llanwenog and Llanfair Clydogau - that are distinctively Celtic Romanesque in style.

Description

St Mary's is a small church, consisting of a nave and round apse, north-east vestry, west bellcote, and south porch. It has been described as "minimally Romanesque." They depict the Virgin and Child, Saint Luke, and Saint John, and were installed in memory of Blanche, the wife of John Charles Harford of Falcondale.

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates
52.1232, -4.1139
District
Ceredigion
Parish
Llanwnnen
Postcode
SA48 7NU
Parliamentary constituency
Ceredigion Preseli

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Frequently asked questions

Where is St Mary's Church, Maestir?
St Mary's Church, Maestir is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA48 7NU), in the parish of Llanwnnen.
Is St Mary's Church, Maestir free to visit?
Yes, St Mary's Church, Maestir is free to enter.
How do I get to St Mary's Church, Maestir?
Drivers can navigate to postcode SA48 7NU. It sits within the Ceredigion Preseli parliamentary constituency.