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Church of St Michael & all Angels (Manselton Parish Church)

A Grade II Listed Building in Cwmbwrla, Swansea

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6397 / 51°38'22"N

Longitude: -3.9496 / 3°56'58"W

OS Eastings: 265185

OS Northings: 195228

OS Grid: SS651952

Mapcode National: GBR WR0.VH

Mapcode Global: VH4K9.H1CW

Plus Code: 9C3RJ3Q2+V5

Entry Name: Church of St Michael & all Angels (Manselton Parish Church)

Listing Date: 30 March 1987

Last Amended: 30 March 1987

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11679

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300011679

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

County: Swansea

Community: Cwmbwrla

Community: Cwmbwrla

Built-Up Area: Swansea

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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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.

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