Llanwenarth Baptist Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1994. A Georgian Church.

Llanwenarth Baptist Church

WRENN ID
secret-gateway-poplar
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 October 1994
Type
Church
Period
Georgian
Address
Llanwenarth Baptist Church, Govilon, Llanfoist Fawr, Monmouthshire
OS grid reference
SO 266 137
Coordinates
51.81753, -3.06518
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Llanwenarth Baptist Church is a broad chapel dating from the 18th century. It features a distinctive half-hipped slate roof and rendered elevations, except for the west side, which is slate-hung. The main front, facing south, is two stories high with two windows, a plat band, and 19th-century 16-pane sash windows that have camber heads on the ground floor. There is an offset entrance with recessed replaced doors. At the downhill end, there are a pair of tall round-headed sash windows with horned small-pane glazing, and a date-stone is positioned at the top. A blocked doorway is located on the east side.

The burial ground contains a notable collection of Georgian and Victorian tombstones, and the boundary wall features an iron gate in ogee Gothic style that opens onto the canal bank.

Inside, the church retains a largely 18th-century interior, with a gallery extending along three sides and box pews. The original church comprised the northern half of the current structure. The raked gallery has a balustraded front and is supported by cast-iron columns at the front and full-height octagonal chamfered piers in the middle, which were added when the building was enlarged. The simple box pews have panelled backs and doors, and they are angled towards the sides. A modern ceiling with roses has been installed. The pulpit, located in the center of the north wall between the tall round-headed windows, is inscribed with the dates and initials '1706, I E 1737, R 1869, 1696 F L, 1955'. The baptistery is situated below the pulpit, and there is a fireplace on the east wall, along with staircases on either side of the lobby.

Local climate

Llanwenarth Baptist Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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