The Church of St Teilo is the parish church of
Llantilio Pertholey
Llantilio Pertholey ( cy, Llandeilo Bertholau) is a small village and community (parish) in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located to the north-east of the market town of Abergavenny, which it is part of, just off the A465 road to Herefo ...
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Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
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Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. "An unusually large and varied church", it is a
Grade I listed building
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as of 1 September 1956
History and architecture
The church is thirteenth century in origin with significant additions in the sixteenth century, a major restoration in 1890 and further minor restoration in the twentieth century.
The tower is of the early fourteenth century and the
aisle
An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, certain types of buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parl ...
of slightly later date. Around the
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Ove ...
are three
chantry
A chantry is an ecclesiastical term that may have either of two related meanings:
# a chantry service, a Christian liturgy of prayers for the dead, which historically was an obiit, or
# a chantry chapel, a building on private land, or an area in ...
chapels, the church's "most memorable" features. The bell tower holds six bells, dating from the seventeenth century.
Services are held at the church on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
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Grade I listed churches in Monmouthshire
Church in Wales church buildings
13th-century church buildings in Wales