page_title: Llanwrthwl
section_title: Notable landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Llanwrthwl / Notable landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: Capel ger Llanwrthwl / Chapel near Llanwrthwl Lon wledig ger y capel, Llanwrthwl / Country lane near the chapel, Llanwrthwl.
context_page_description: Llanwrthwl is a village and community in Powys, mid Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. Llanwrthwl lies off the A470 road, north by road from Builth Wells and Newbridge-on-Wye and south of Rhayader. It lies on the River Wye and River Elan and the village is accessed by a bridge over the Wye. In 1833, its population was 517; its population in 1841 was 568; in 1845, its population was 563.
  In 2005 the community had a population of 201, an electorate of 137 and a council of seven members.
context_section_description: St. Gwrthwl's Parish Church churchyard has a prehistoric standing stone about 1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in) high near the south porch. Its upper part appears to have been broken, though it may be the shaft of a cross, or of Druidical origin. On Rhôs Saith-maen, or the "Seven Stone Common", in Llanwrthwl parish, are some very irregularly placed stones, though it has not been determined if they are of military, sepulchral, or Druidical remains.
  Penuel Congregational Chapel is located just south of the main village. The chapel was built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1890 in the Vernacular style with a long-wall entry plan. A register of baptisms for the years 1834-1837 is held by the National Archive.
  The Living Willow Theatre (in Welsh, Glôb Byw) is at  Penlanole near the village. It is an open-air theatre constructed of living willow trees and occasionally outdoor performances of William Shakespeare are staged.
  In the early 1800s engineer James Watt retired to Doldowlod House, about a mile south of Llanwrthwl on the A470 road, when he left Birmingham. By 1891, the grand Glan-Rhos House had been built to the north of the village with surrounding grounds laid out stretching down to the river.
caption: Penuel Congregational Chapel
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