St Cewydd's Church

The Church of St Cewydd stands in a walled churchyard in the centre of the village of Disserth. The village is dispersed and lies around 4 km south-west of Llandrindod Wells. The church is certainly medieval in date, with Cadw suggesting that the porch is the earliest extant feature. There is uncertainty as to the date of the tower. Cadw records it as "probably 18th century", while noting that earlier dates have been suggested. The church escaped the attention of "improvers" in the Victorian era and retains an interior almost entirely of the 17th and 18th centuries. The church remains an active parish church in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon and occasional services are held.

St Cewydd's consists of a combined nave and chancel, a western tower and a south porch. The building material is mainly local rubble, whitewashed externally and internally. The tower is three-storeyed, with a 19th-century battlement. The roofs are 15th century with scissor trusses. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT) survey undertaken in 1996 notes that a false ceiling was inserted in 1839 and removed in the early 20th century. The interior contains an exceptionally rare, and almost complete set of 17th and 18th century fittings and furnishings, including a three-decker pulpit, box pews and communion rails. Many of the box pews still carry the nameplates of the parishioners who paid…