Eglwys Newydd Church
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Eglwys Newydd Church (also known as St Michael's Church, Hafod) is an early 19th-century church which replaced a previous
chapel of ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ea ...
. The chapel of ease was originally at Trisant but was moved to this site around 1620 by the Herbert family, owners of the Hafod estate. The church was designated as a Grade II* listed building in 1964 for its historical connects with the Hafod estate and the quality of work of the remodelling in the 1930s. The 1803 building, designed by James Wyatt, was extensively remodelled in 1840 and 1887. The church was gutted by fire in 1932 and reconstructed by
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. A cross-shaped font, thought to be medieval, was stolen from the church in 1989.


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{{reflist, refs= {{cite web , work = Statutory List of Buildings , title = Eglwys Newydd Church , url = http://historicwales.gov.uk/files/pdf-listed-building.php?ids=25597&lang=ENG , date = 16 May 2005 , publisher =
Cadw (, a Welsh verbal noun meaning "keeping/preserving") is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group. works to protect the historic buildings and structures, the landscapes and heritage s ...
, access-date = 2 May 2016 , orig-year = Listed 1964 , via = Historic Wales , id = Cadw Building ID 9867
{{Coflein , num = 743 , desc = Eglwys Newydd, Hafod , access-date = 30 September 2021 {{watprn , 1 = DAT , 2 = 5491 , title = Hafod Church; Eglwys Newydd; St Michael's , access-date = 30 September 2021 Grade II* listed churches in Ceredigion