St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn

St Mihangel's Church
St Mihangel's Church
St Mihangel's Church Location in Anglesey
53°16′03″N 4°31′06″W / 53.267408°N 4.518293°W / 53.267408; -4.518293
OS grid reference	SH321774
Location	Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
Previous denomination	Church in Wales
History
Status	Chapel for RAF Valley
Dedication	St Michael
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	5 April 1971
Architect(s)	Henry Kennedy (1862)
Architectural type	Church
Specifications
Materials	Rubble masonry

St Mihangel's Church in the village of Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn is a former parish church now used as the chapel for RAF Valley in Anglesey, north Wales. The date of the first church on the site is uncertain, but in 1862 the then-existing church was rebuilt. St Mihangel's became the chapel for the nearby Royal Air Force base in 1998, after the Church in Wales had ceased using it for services. It was then extended by dismantling and reassembling another Anglesey church, St Enghenedl's, at the west end of the building.

The church is a Grade II listed building, a national designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them",^[1] in particular because it is regarded as "a good example of a mid 19th-century church".^[2] The church contains some stained-glass windows commemorating the work carried out at RAF Valley, including the RAF Search and Rescue units based there.