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The Church Hall, right, built 1935, and the Community Hall, left, built 1996.
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Tiny PO in row of cottages - will it survive the purge? Maenclochog is just the sort of community where a post office is needed.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Nice to find this very typical Welsh upland village vernacular style: neat, solid weatherproof dwellings with (still) traditional doors and windows, wrought iron garden gate, slate steps and quartz coping stones. Beyond lies a new bungalow: there are houses of assorted dates here.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Shop in the square: little changed from the 1950's version photographed for the Francis Frith collection. An indispensable stopping-off point for all your essentials and an information post for local events here in the centre of the village. A far cry from London SE17 where next door's inhabitants appear to have come from: the sign says Ashe Street.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Typical of the dispersed houses and cottages along Maenclochog's main street: a traditional form with modern windows and a number of useful sheds and outbuildings, one of which has been utilised as a studio/gallery. A number of artists live locally and find inspiration in the wild upland surroundings.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Originally built in 1847, rebuilt 1884 with an interesting stuccoed frontage. This chapel, which stands behind the converted Yr Hen Gapel, is still in active use.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The first chapel here was built in 1790 and the 1847 building stands right behind. This delightful 'cinema gothick' version was completed in 1905 and was in use until 1999. It is called the 'old' chapel because there was a break-away congegation over the road.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>In a corner behind the church this assortment of items caught my attention: a stone stoop, an unidentified piece of wooden church furnishing, a metal sheet listing the 10 commandments and a flourishing bush of elder, traditionally used to keep witches at bay!
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Maenclochog - the name means bell stone after a ringing boulder that once stood in the vicinity - is a remote upland community where self-sufficiency has long been taken for granted. This is the village street running north-south.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Maenclochog church.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>A highly regarded community primary school of around 100 pupils. Welsh is the main medium of teaching and the school has received awards for sustainability.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The village of Maenclochog is centred around the church on the village green. This war memorial of local stone stands beside the wall of the raised churchyard and commemorates, but does not name, those who died in both world wars.
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