Catholic Church of St Mary, includes stone wall, railings and gates is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 February 2024. Church.

Catholic Church of St Mary, includes stone wall, railings and gates

WRENN ID
ancient-rubblework-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 February 2024
Type
Church
Address
Catholic Church of St Mary, includes stone wall, railings and gates, Pembroke Dock
OS grid reference
SM 967 033
Coordinates
51.69236, -4.94252
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Catholic Church of St Mary, along with an attached hall at the rear, is designed in the Gothic style. The church features an aisleless nave, a sanctuary, and a sacristy, constructed from random coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The openings have pointed heads, and the west entrance front is gabled with a pointed central doorway and a 2-light traceried window above. There are octagonal piers with dentil cappings on either side of the entrance, and a floriated gable cross adorns the top. To the left of the door, there is a blocked window.

The south elevation of the nave has five bays, while the north elevation has four bays with a later hall attached at the eastern end. Flat buttresses are positioned between each bay, and the windows, some of which have been renewed, feature hoods. The right-hand window on the south elevation is a 2-light window with tracery. Both sides of the nave have a corbel table, and the east wall of the nave includes a bell-less gabled bellcote. The hall is oriented at right angles to the church, and the sanctuary and sacristy are styled similarly, with an east window in the sanctuary and a door in the west wall of the sacristy. The south gable has a stack and paired 2-light windows facing east. A later hall extension has been added to the northeast.

Inside, the nave is aisle-less with plain plastered walls and features a hammer beam roof supported by corbels with slight timbers. The underside of the roof is boarded, and there is a gallery at the west end that is partially infilled underneath. A tall plain chancel arch leads to a short sanctuary with a 2-bay wagon roof. The east window contains stained glass depicting St David and St Patrick alongside a naked boy. The altar is topped with a hanging crucifix, and there are timber and iron sanctuary rails, along with timber benches. At the east end on the north side, there is a wide pointed arched opening with columns featuring floriated capitals, which originally housed the Lady altar. A door in the center of the arch leads into the hall.

Local climate

Catholic Church of St Mary, includes stone wall, railings and gates sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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