Chapel of St Mary's Abbey is a Grade II* listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Church.

Chapel of St Mary's Abbey

WRENN ID
kindled-granite-swift
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1980
Type
Church
Address
Chapel of St Mary's Abbey, Oulton Road, Stone Rural
OS grid reference
SJ 908 356
Coordinates
52.9179, -2.13799
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chapel of St Mary's Abbey, built in 1854, is a Roman Catholic chapel designed by Edward Welby Pugin, who succeeded his late father, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, whose architectural style is evident throughout the building. The chapel is attached to the south side of St Mary's Abbey Convent and is designed in the Gothic Decorated style. It features a nave and chancel, along with a notable wrought iron screen. The chancel boasts a fine panelled and painted ceiling. Additionally, a chapter house and sacristy were added in 1892.

Local climate

Chapel of St Mary's Abbey receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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