The Church of St Maughan in

St. Maughans St. Maughans ( cy, Llanfocha) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. Location St. Maughans is located three miles north west of Monmouth. History and amenities St. Maughans is close to the River Monnow and the borde ...

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 ...

, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 13th or 14th century. It was reconstructed in the mid 19th century by

John Pollard Seddon John Pollard Seddon FRIBA (19 September 1827 – 1 February 1906) was a British architect, working largely on churches. His father was a cabinetmaker, and his brother Thomas Seddon (1821–1856) a landscape painter. Born in London, he was educa ...

for John Etherington Welch Rolls of

The Hendre The Hendre, ( cy, Yr Hendre a farmer's winter residence; literally meaning old home) in Rockfield, is the only full-scale Victorian country house in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales. The ancestral estate of the Rolls family, it was the child ...

in 1865. It remains an active parish church and is a Grade II* listed building.

History

The church dates from , although there is some evidence of earlier work, including a 12th-century font. The church was reconstructed in the late 15th or early 16th century, and extensively rebuilt in 1865–1866. The architect was Seddon, and the patron John Rolls who had acquitted the patronage of the living at

Llangattock Vibon Avel Llangattock-Vibon-Avel ( cy, Llangatwg Feibion Afel) is a rural parish and former community, now in the community of Whitecastle in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located west of Monmouth and some east of Abergav ...

Architecture and description

The architectural historian John Newman describes St Maughan's as "a complete Perpendicular church, at first sight". On closer inspection, the significant later alterations become obvious. The church is flanked by a farmhouse and barns in the tiny hamlet. Of old red sandstone, it has a combined nave and chancel, with a corresponding aisle and a tower, capped with a two-storeyed timber belfry which is entirely Seddon's work. The interior contains a "remarkable" timber arcade, which dates from the medieval re-modelling. On the south wall is a memorial plaque to General Sir Robert Brownrigg of nearby

Hilston Park Hilston Park is a country house and estate between the villages of Newcastle and Skenfrith in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with Herefordshire, England. The house and park are in the Monnow valley, beside the B4347 road, by road nor ...

, a noted general in the Napoleonic Wars.

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Llangattock Vibon Avel, Saint Maughan Grade II* listed churches in Monmouthshire History of Monmouthshire Church in Wales church buildings 14th-century church buildings in Wales