page_title: St Michael and All Angels Church, Kerry
section_title: Norman aisle arcades
hierarchical_section_title: St Michael and All Angels Church, Kerry / Architecture / Norman aisle arcades
caption_attribution_description: English: Kerry Church, Montgomeryshire
context_page_description: St Michael’s Church is the parish church of Kerry, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, now Powys. Kerry is sited about 3 miles to the S E of Newtown. which suggests that there may have been a church on the site since the 7th century. The church stands in an almost oval churchyard in the centre of the village. It was rebuilt and re-dedicated in 1176. Of the original church only the north aisle arcade survives, and the chancel arcade is 14th-century in date. The square stone tower is surmounted by a Montgomeryshire style timber-framed belfry. The main body of the church was rebuilt in 1882–83 by the architect George Edmund Street, paid for by James Walton of Dolforgan Hall.
context_section_description: The four Norman arcades with cylindrical columns joined by chamfered rounded arches are possibly the most interesting feature of the church. They are likely to be from the church which was re-dedicated by Gerald of Wales in 1176. They have been the subject of a detailed study by Malcolm Thurlby. During the restoration of the church in 1883 a similar column and parts of the bases of two other columns were found during the re-building of the south wall. The bases are now visible on the outside of the south wall in their original position, which correspond with the columns of the north arcade. This appears to indicate that the 12th-century church had north and south aisles and was similar to aisled arcades at St Cadfan's church  at Tywyn in Merionethshire, which has two aisles with Romanesque drum column arcades.
caption: Romanesque Arcade columns
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