St Teilo's Church
Originally located at Llandeilo Tal-y-bont, near Pontarddulais, Swansea (Glamorgan) over 40 miles west of St Fagans National Museum of History
Built late 1200s-1500s
Dismantled and moved to St Fagans 1984-5
Re-erected 2007
The interior of this church is as it would have been in 1530, just before Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church, and containing all the elements of a late medieval Catholic church.
When Museum staff were dismantling the church, they found traces of wall paintings hidden under centuries of plaster. These have now been recreated.
Step inside, and you will be transported back to a time when colourful paintings of Biblical scenes covered the walls.
Look up at the 'A' frame trusses, with their mortise and tenon joints. They support 45 tonnes of sandstone tiles!
Probably the oldest surviving feature of the church is the stone font, believed to date from at least the 13th century.
St Fagans National Museum of History
St Teilo's Church
Originally located at Llandeilo Tal-y-bont, near Pontarddulais, Swansea (Glamorgan) over 40 miles west of St Fagans National Museum of History
Built late 1200s-1500s
Dismantled and moved to St Fagans 1984-5
Re-erected 2007
The interior of this church is as it would have been in 1530, just before Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church, and containing all the elements of a late medieval Catholic church.
When Museum staff were dismantling the church, they found traces of wall paintings hidden under centuries of plaster. These have now been recreated.
Step inside, and you will be transported back to a time when colourful paintings of Biblical scenes covered the walls.
Look up at the 'A' frame trusses, with their mortise and tenon joints. They support 45 tonnes of sandstone tiles!
Probably the oldest surviving feature of the church is the stone font, believed to date from at least the 13th century.
St Fagans National Museum of History