Cwm Crai

The Church in Wales church is located about 100 metres north of the central cluster of buildings in the hamlet of Crai, Powys. The church was consecrated in 1883. At the time of my visit, midday on a Sunday, the entrance gates were locked and there was no church name sign on display.

The church is St Ilid's. Link There was no church name board on display, and the entrance gates on the right were padlocked.

The farm is between the parish hall Link and the church. Link

On the left are the entrance gates to the church. Link The gates were padlocked.

Viewed from a field gate opposite the northern edge of the church Link grounds. The distant buildings are in Cwm Crai, the valley of the Afon Crai, a tributary of the Usk.

A few metres north of the village church Link a narrow road heads out of Crai.

Crai is a hamlet in Powys, in the Brecon Beacons National Park. On the left is St Ilid's church. Link

Viewed from the road past the village church. Link

Llwybr ceffyl yn arwain lan at rostir Fforest Fach o Ffarm Nantyrharn A bridleway leading up towards Fforest Fach moor from Nantyrharn Farm

Sticil ar lwybr cyhoeddus yn arwain at Bont Ty Gwyn, Crai A stile on the footpath leading to Pont Ty Gwyn Bridge, Crai

Hen heol ddymunol yn cysylltu Ffarm Fadogfechan â Ffarm Tanyfedw, Crai. Mae'r heol bellach wedi ei israddio i lwybr ceffyl An old pleasant road linking the farms of Madogfechan with Tanyfedw, Crai. The road has been downgraded to a bridleway.

Llwybr cyhoeddus yn arwain at Ffarm Berth Ifan, Crai / Footpath leading to Berth Ifan Farm (trans. Ivan's Hedge), Crai

Adeiladwyd Capel y Methodistiad Horeb cyntaf yn 1807. Y capel yn y llun yw'r ail addoldy a godwyd ar y safle tua 1840. Yn 1899 codwyd capel newydd tua hanner canllath i'r de ac fe ddaeth yr hen gapel yn festri. Ar y pryd fe ychwanegwyd ty i'r gofalwr a gynigai hefyd lety i bregethwyr gwadd. Circa 1840 Horeb Methodist Chapel (pictured) replaced the first meeting house built on the site in 1807. In 1899 a brand new chapel was constructed approximately 50 yards to the south and the old chapel became a vestry. At the same time a caretakers house was also added which also served as lodgings for visiting preachers.

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Lane used as public path leading to Tanyfedw off the Crai-Trecastle road. Footpath marker post in need of repair.

Inscription stones on bridge decayed, stone on nearside shows a date of 1814.

Crai to Trecastle road, Crai to Sennybridge road hedges visible middle left.