St.Michael & All Angels Church (Manselton Parish Church) Manor Road

Heritage listing

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. Location: On the corner with Bohun Street, ground falls steeply to E.

From Cadw under OGL v3.