Editing Colwinston (section)

==Church of St Michael & All Angels==
[[File:Colwinston5.jpg|thumb|St Michael's Church, Colwinston]]
{{main|St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwinston}}
The original Norman St Michael's Church in Colwinston is reputed to have been built in 1111.<ref name="Maclehose1">Maclehose, H and Duxbury, J.(eds.)  Colwinston - A Changing Village. Pub; H Maclehose in association with Tregolwyn. 2018</ref> The church was restored in 1879 and again in the 1970s and 2000s.

The [[medieval]] [[parish church]] is a Grade 1 listed building. The church underwent a substantial restoration in 1879, and again in 1971 following a fire which badly damaged the chancel, destroying the brass tablets either side of the altar displaying the Ten Commandments.  It was at this time that the words “Holy, Holy, Holy” painted in scroll work above the chancel arch were painted over.

Further restoration work at the church was carried out at the millennium<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/Documents/Living/Planning/Conservation/Appraisals/Colwinston_CA_AMP_2009.pdf|title=Conservation Area, Colwinston - Appraisal and Management Plan|publisher=Directorate of Environmental and Economic Regeneration|date=March 2009|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref> with the benefit of a major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund together with grants from other bodies and funds raised by the villagers.  A vestry, kitchen and toilet were built on the north side of the church, the interior and exterior walls were lime washed and the roof repaired at a cost of £350,000.