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All Saints' Church, Commercial Street, Newtown (Llanllwchaiarn), Montgomeryshire

All Saints' Church, Newtown Denomination: Anglican

Dedication: All Saints

Built: 1889-90

Note:
All Saints Church was built in 1890 at the expense of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones (1834-1920) as a chapel-of-ease for the parish at Llanllwchaiarn. Costing £3000, it is an early work by Aston Webb (later Sir Aston Webb) who went on to much greater things, including Admiralty Arch, The Mall, and the East Wing of Buckingham Palace in London. All Saints Church is built of Llanymynech limestone with Grinshill (Shropshire) freestone dressings
[Adapted from Town Trails - Places of Worship on the Official Newtown Website]

Find out more about Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones on the Powys: A Day In The Life website.

Photography: John Ball
Date: 18 June 2009
Camera: Nikon D50 digital SLR

All Saints' Church, Newtown
All Saints' Church, Newtown
  Left: Foundation stone on south wall of church.

THIS STONE

WAS LAID BY

LADY PRYCE-JONES

ON THE FIRST DAY

OF NOVEMBER 1889





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