Church of St Tysoi, Llansoy
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| Church of St Tysoi
Church of St Tysoi
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| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Church in Wales |
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| Status | Grade I listed |
| Style | Perdendicular |
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| Diocese | Monmouth |
The Church of St Tysoi, is the parish church of Llansoy, Monmouthshire, Wales and sits to the south of the village.[1] It is in the Perpendicular[2] style and is a Grade I listed building as of 19 August 1955.[1]
History and architecture
The church is medieval in origin, of Old Red Sandstone. The tower may be "no earlier than the early nineteenth century."[2] The church was lightly restored in the nineteenth century including work by John Pollard Seddon.[2]
The interior has a fifteenth-century barrel roof and contemporary fittings.[3] It also has some notable stained glass windows of the nineteen twenties and of the later twentieth century, including a "brilliantly coloured"[2] "Genesis" window by Geoffrey Robinson.
Notes
References
Newman, John (2002). Gwent/Monmouthshire. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-300-09630-9.
