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Michaelchurch ChurchMICHAELCHURCH
Dedication: St Michael
OS Grid Reference: SO 522 255
Road Reference: off A4137/B4521

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 Hugging the side of a remote valley, this simple church is set beside a pond and is said to have been founded by Bishop Herwald of Llandaff in 1056. Early features to survive are the narrow window in the west wall, and in the north wall a doorway, now partly blocked, with chamfered jambs and a two-centred head. The interior hides a remarkable survival on all but the west wall of 13th century painted decoration in the form of masonry lines, borders with chevron design and a floriated design in the centre of each panel. Superimposed on these on the north and south walls are black letter inscriptions from the 16th and 17th centuries.