Chapels, Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Chapel. 4 related planning applications.

Chapels, Cemetery

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1985
Type
Chapel
Address
Chapels, Cemetery, Watery Lane, Newent, GL18 1QG
OS grid reference
SO 716 254
Coordinates
51.92729, -2.41408
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chapels at the cemetery were built in 1863 by Jacques and Son. They are constructed from squared, coursed stone with ashlar dressings and feature a tiled roof. The building has an H-plan layout, with chapels at each end connected by a single-storey link. There is a plain plinth and a string course at window sill level throughout the structure.

On the left side, the chapel has a gable with square-set corner buttresses, except for the left return. It features a 4-light window with Decorated tracery and stone voussoirs above, along with a quatrefoil in the gable above. The parapet gable has projecting kneelers and a cross-gablet apex. The lower link on the right has a low window with similar Decorated tracery and stone voussoirs. The eaves are plain and slightly projecting to carry the gutter.

The central section of the building breaks forward and has diagonally-set corner buttresses. It features a central opening with a moulded, pointed arch on responds that rises from one stone step. Above this, there are sloping offsets to the sides, a moulded string, and two further offsets with a pair of blind lancets in the centre and an open quatrefoil above. The recessed centre has a flat top with a stone finial and a tall iron cross, although the bellcote was removed in the mid to late 20th century. The roof behind is low and cross-shaped.

The right side mirrors the left but has a central buttress on the chapel gable and two similar 2-light windows on either side, with a stone cross on the apex. The chapel doors are located in the outer returns.

Inside, there is a cross passage with wrought-iron gates leading to the passages in the centre, and vestries were originally located behind. The left-hand chapel, which was nonconformist, has had its fittings removed and is now used as a store. It features a panelled, boarded ceiling with two arch-braced trusses rising from corbels. The Anglican chapel on the right has pews arranged chapel-wise, with unplastered walls and an open rafter roof. The porches at the chapel doors in the end returns were removed in the mid to late 20th century. The chapels form a group with the cemetery gateway.

Local climate

Chapels, Cemetery receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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