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We are open on the last Thursday morning of the month for coffee and a wonder around our Grade II* listed building.

Capel Gyfylchi, above Afan Argoed, was a chapel of ease, an outlying church of the large parish of Michaelston super Afan.

There was a chapel here ‘the Chapel of Raht’ soon after 1100, founded by the Norman Lord Robert Fitzhamon, as a Chapel of Ease to his priory church of St Mary in Cardiff.

The church was designed by Basil Spence, the architect of Coventry Cathedral, and was consecrated on the Eve of the Conversion of St Paul, January 24 1959.

Whilst the tower is medieval the church was so rebuilt in the 17th and 18th century that that is its overriding appearance.

Holy Trinity has a fascinating history, dating back to the 15th century when a grant was made by Edward IV to the church (and confirmed by Richard III), the first stone building being completed in 1500.

Near the Pennine Trail and very dog friendly!

Situated in the centre of Meltham and was consecrated on St Bartholomew’s day 1651 by Bishop Henry Tilson a former Bishop of Elphin in Ireland, the church is believed to be one of a very few in England to be consecrated during the Commonwealth period.

St James stands as a gateway to the village of Burton Lazars, which it has served since the 11th century.

The church is mainly 13th century and Perpendicular although an earlier tympanum of Samson and the Lion survives.

Whether you have just arrived via the internet or you are making a personal visit to the Cathedral, please feel most welcome.

We are pleased to welcome you to this Grade II listed chapel only five minutes walk from the site of the Ironage Hillfort on Wincobank Hill.