Old Mortuary Chapel, Carew

Last updated

Old Mortuary Chapel
Mortuary chapel, Carew Cheriton (geograph 3208949).jpg
The Chapel in St Mary's Churchyard, Carew
Religion
Affiliation Christianity
Patron St Mary
Location
Location Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Pembrokeshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Shown within Pembrokeshire
Geographic coordinates 51°41′22″N4°49′40″W / 51.6895°N 4.8278°W / 51.6895; -4.8278 Coordinates: 51°41′22″N4°49′40″W / 51.6895°N 4.8278°W / 51.6895; -4.8278
Architecture
Completed14th-15th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name: Old Mortuary Chapel
Designated14 May 1970
Reference no.5945 [1]

Old Mortuary Chapel is a medieval Grade I listed building [2] in St Mary's churchyard, Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales. [3]

Contents

Structure

The building has two storeys under a slate roof, is oriented east–west, and is built from limestone rubble. It is accessed by external steps. It has a vaulted undercroft. [3] [4]

Monument

There is an exterior monument to John Relly, an early Calvinist Methodist leader who died in 1777. [4]

Uses

The undercroft dates from the 14th or 15th century, and may have been an ossiary. In 1625 the building was referred to as a schoolhouse, and was used for this purpose until 1872. In 1833, the school educated 50 pupils, and 70 attended Sunday School. In 1846 it became a national school with up to 116 children until the village school opened in 1872. The building may have been used as a mortuary chapel, and is known by that name. After 1872, the building, which has a large blocked-up window, was used as a committee room, store and as a residence, housing paupers as late as about 1840. The building has been locally known as "The Oratory". Its current use is as a parish meeting room and Sunday School. [3] [4] S. Lewis, in 1833, describes the building: [5]

In the churchyard is an ancient building, apparently coeval with the church, which is occasionally used as a parochial school, the master being appointed by the vicar.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nevern</span> Human settlement in Wales

Nevern is both a parish and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The community includes the settlements of Felindre Farchog, Monington, Moylgrove and Bayvil. The small village lies in the Nevern valley near the Preseli Hills of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 2 miles (3 km) east of Newport on the B4582 road.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Meifod</span> Human settlement in Wales

Meifod, formerly also written Meivod, is a small village, community and electoral ward 7 miles north-west of Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, on the A495 road and located in the valley of the River Vyrnwy. The River Banwy has a confluence with the Vyrnwy approximately two miles to the west of the village. The village itself had a population of 317. The community includes the village of Bwlch-y-cibau and the hamlet of Allt-y-Main.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Church, Tenby</span>

St Mary's Church, Tenby is a church located in the centre of the town of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, western Wales. The church is in the Diocese of Saint David's within the Church in Wales, and a member of the Anglican Communion. It is the parish church for St Mary In Liberty and St Mary Out Liberty.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carew, Pembrokeshire</span> Human settlement in Wales

Carew is a village, parish and community on an inlet of Milford Haven in the former Hundred of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, West Wales, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Pembroke. The eastern part of the parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Llanfechain</span> Village in northern Powys, Wales

Llanfechain is a village and community in Powys, Wales, on the B4393 road between Llanfyllin and Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain. Historically it belonged to Montgomeryshire. The River Cain runs through. The population of 465 at the 2011 Census was estimated at 476 in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawrenny</span> Village in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Lawrenny is a village and parish in the community and electoral ward of Martletwy in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is on a peninsula of the River Cleddau estuary upriver from Milford Haven where it branches off towards the Cresswell and Carew Rivers and is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warren, Pembrokeshire</span> Human settlement in Wales

Warren is an ancient parish in the community of Stackpole and Castlemartin, in the most southerly part of Pembrokeshire, Wales. Its northern edge is 5 miles (8 km) south of Pembroke and its southern edge reaches the sea at Flimston Bay. It is bordered by Castlemartin to the west, St Twynnells to the east and Monkton to the north.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Church, Derwen</span> Church in Denbighshire, Wales

St Mary's Church, Derwen, is a redundant church in the centre of the village of Derwen, Denbighshire, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Peirio's Church, Rhosbeirio</span> Church in Wales

St Peirio's Church is a small disused medieval church, in Rhosbeirio, Anglesey, north Wales. It is unclear when a church was first established on this site, although it has been said that this happened in about 605. The current structure, which may date from the 15th century, has been restored in the 18th and 19th centuries. It ceased being used for services some years ago and has been boarded up.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-y-Cwmwd</span> Church in Wales

St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-y-Cwmwd is a small medieval parish church near the village of Dwyran, in Anglesey, north Wales. The building probably dates from the 15th century, with some alterations. It contains a 12th-century carved stone font and a 13th-century decorated coffin lid. The bell is inscribed with the year of its casting, 1582. The historian Henry Rowlands was vicar of St Mary's in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Maurice Wilks, who invented the Land Rover, is buried in the churchyard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Peter's Church, Dixton</span> Church in Monmouthshire, Wales

St. Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church at Dixton. It is situated on the banks of the River Wye, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Monmouth, Wales. The church is a Grade II* listed building and the cross in the churchyard is both a listed building and a scheduled monument.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Llanegryn</span> Human settlement in Wales

Llanegryn is a village and a community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It was formerly part of the historic county of Merionethshire. It is located within Snowdonia National Park south of the Snowdonia (Eryri) mountain range. Travelling by road, it is around 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Tywyn and 17 miles (27 km) south-west of Dolgellau. The nearest railway stations are at Tonfanau and Llwyngwril, both less than 3 miles (5 km) away.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grade I listed buildings in Anglesey</span>

In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest". Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Once listed, strict limitations are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or fittings. In Wales, the authority for listing under the Planning Act 1990 rests with Cadw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grade I listed buildings in Neath Port Talbot</span>

In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest". Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Once listed, strict limitations are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or fittings. In Wales, the authority for listing under the Planning Act 1990 rests with Cadw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grade I listed buildings in Pembrokeshire</span>

This is a list of Grade I-listed buildings in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grade II* listed buildings in Bridgend County Borough</span>

In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade II* structures are those considered to be "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Once listed, strict limitations are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or fittings. In Wales, the authority for listing under the Planning Act 1990 rests with Cadw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grade II* listed buildings in Swansea</span>

In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade II* structures are those considered to be "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Once listed, strict limitations are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or fittings. In Wales, the authority for listing under the Planning Act 1990 rests with Cadw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Donat's Church, St Donats</span> Church in Wales

St Donat's Church is a Grade I listed church in St Donats, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It became a Grade I listed building on 22 February 1963.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Church, Carew</span> Church in Wales

St Mary's Church, Carew, is the parish church of Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales and a Grade I listed building. Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Wales states that the church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, but the reason for this is unclear. The church is in the small village of Carew Cheriton in the southwest of the parish.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carswell Medieval House</span> 15th century modest medieval home which is a rare remaining example of tenant farm life

Carswell Medieval House is a Grade II*-listed historic stone ruin of a medieval tenant farm in the village of Penally, near St Florence in Tenby. Visit Wales describe it as "one of the only buildings of its type still standing in this part of Wales" and an example of "everyday medieval life away from the grand castles often associated with the period."

References

  1. Cadw. "Old Mortuary Chapel (Grade I) (5945)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. Cadw. "Old Mortuary Chapel (Grade I) (5945)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "St Mary's Schoolhouse; Charnel House; Carew Cheriton Mortuary Chapel (305158)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "British Listed Buildings: Old Mortuary Chapel" . Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. "GENUKI: Carew 1833" . Retrieved 17 November 2018.

Further reading