St Cynog's Church, Ystradgynlais, Breconshire
Denomination: Anglican
Dedication: St Cynog
Built: 1861
Note 1: Saint Cynog's Church, Ystradgynlais, is of medieval foundation, though the current building dates to 1861. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in the current church in 2011. Saint Cynog's was completely rebuilt in 1861. The vestry, added on to the nave-end of the church, is of more recent construction, but was sympathetically built so as to blend in perfectly with the original design. The interior of Saint Cynog's Church has numerous stained glass windows, installed at various intervals over the last century and a half. The graveyard is still in use today. Many family monuments date back to the 19th century, and though some are crumbling, or lost beneath the turf, others built of more durable materials still stand tall to this day.
[Source: Ystradgynlais History website (accessed 27 September 2015), where further information is available]
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Photograph 1: Charles Jenkin-Jones
Date: 18 June 2012
Photograph 2: John Ball
Date: 1996
Camera: Sigma A300 35 mm SLR
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Note 2: The Church of St Cynog is in the diocese of Swansea and Brecon. It is of Victorian Gothic style, built by Benjamin Ferrey (and possibly the Reverend Thomas Walters) between 1858 and 1861. The church is of grey granular sandstone, roughly coursed. There was reputedly a Norman Church on a raised platform 50m to the north of the present building. The church comprises of a nave and chancel with north and south aisles, a north porch at the western end of north aisle, with vestry at the east end. There is a bellcote over the west end of the nave. The church is orientated SW-NE. The churchyard is large and irregular, having been enlarged over the last two hundred years. Most of the gravestones are 19th century. [Source: Coflein online database of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (accessed 27 September 2015)]
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