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St Michael and All Angels Church, Llanfihangel Rogiet

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with effect from 30 July 2008. The charity has undertaken restoration work costing £50,000. The church reopened to the public in July 2010 with a harp concert. Management of the building has passed to the Caldicot and District Local History Society. In addition to opening the church during
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the summer months to visitors, it is planned to organise events and exhibitions. The single bell dates from the late 15th century, and is attributed to Robert Hendley of
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with a north aisle and a south porch, a chancel that is longer and has a lower roof than the nave, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages, with diagonal
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with a sword and a shield; in the north aisle is the effigy of Anne Martel, dated 1270, with her arms crossed in prayer and her feet resting on a
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The church closed in 1973. It was acquired by the charity the Friends of Friendless Churches which holds a 999-year
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were found, one being that of Anne Martel, and the other possibly of her husband, John. Also at this time a
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was extended in the following century. The church was restored by the architect Henry Prothero of
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Most of the fabric of the church dates back to the 13th century, and the
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dates from the 12th century. The effigies are both in shallow
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St Michael and All Angels Church, Llanfihangel Rogiet is located in Monmouthshire
51°35′13″N 2°47′37″W / 51.586943°N 2.793538°W / 51.586943; -2.793538
OS grid reference
ST 456 876
Llanfihangel Rogiet
Monmouthshire
Denomination
Church in Wales
Friends of Friendless Churches
Redundant
Church
Groundbreaking
Materials
rubble
lias
redundant church
Llanfihangel Rogiet
Rogiet
Monmouthshire
Cadw
listed building
Friends of Friendless Churches
Paddington-Swansea railway line
M4
M48 motorways
chancel
Cheltenham
Lord Tredegar
aisle

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