St Mary's Church, Port Talbot, Wales. Open Daily. Free Entry.
Details
Accessibility:
There is a free car park for St Mary’s Church off St Mary’s Place, although there are no specific disability spaces. There is a pay and display car park with disability spaces behind the church, next to the parish centre. The church entrance is flat, as is the interior.
Brief Description:
The present St Mary’s church dates back to 1858 and was built in a Gothic Revival style. There has been a place of worship on this site since the late 11th century. The church is famous as the site of the grave of Richard Lewis, also known as Dic Penderyn, the leader of the Merthyr Rising of the coal miners in 1831.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Aberavon
2026: "St Mary's Church, Aberavon, is an Anglican church in Port Talbot, South Wales. It is part of the Rectorial Benefice of Aberavon.[1] It has been a Grade II listed building since 31 January 2000.,[2] It had its last service on 21 April 2024 and it is intended to deconsecrate and repurpose the building.
The first mention of a church on this site was in 1199.[3] The medieval church was rebuilt in the Gothic style in 1858–59 by the architects John Prichard and John Pollard Seddon. The tower was added to around 1870, and the north aisle was added in 1898 by an architect named G. E. Halliday.[2]
The alabaster and green marble reredos was designed in 1890 by another well-known partnership of ecclesiastical architects, Frederick R. Kempson and Charles Busteed Fowler, who carried out work in other South Wales churches such as St Catherine's Church, Canton, Cardiff, and St Donat's Church, Welsh St Donats.[4][5] In 1927, a medieval piscina was placed in the chancel; it did not come from the original church but probably from a chapel elsewhere in the district.[2]
The most notable grave in the churchyard is that of Dic Penderyn, executed in 1831 for his role in the Merthyr Rising.[6] A memorial was placed by local trade unionists in 1966.[7]"
Further Information:
Address:
St Marys Place, Port Talbot SA12 6DZ
Telephone:
01639 886740
Email:
Website:
http://www.parishofaberavon.org/
Opening Hours:
Open daily for silent prayer 10am to 3.30pm
Services - Sunday 11am, Tuesday 10am, Wednesday 11am
Directions:
The church is on St Mary’s Place. It can be reached from the A48.
OS SS762901
Transport:
For more travel information go to https://www.traveline.info/ or call 0871 200 22 33.
Amenities:
There are plenty of places in Port Talbot to buy food and drink. The Aberafan centre is close by to the East.
Travel Information
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Location
Nearest Venues
B and M store, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
138 metres*
*Distances are calculated in a straight line from the current venue, please allow extra time/distance based on available paths or roads.