Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 September 2000. A Victorian Church.

Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
outer-panel-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 September 2000
Type
Church
Period
Victorian
Address
Church of St Michael, Tintern Parva, Chepstow, Wye Valley
OS grid reference
SO 531 007
Coordinates
51.70354, -2.6794
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building featuring a west gable end with buttresses on either side. It has a pointed door, a window with two trefoil-headed lights grouped under a quatrefoil, and a trefoil-headed lancet in the gable. The gable also has a gabled bell-cote that houses a single bell dated 1867, topped by a cross. The south wall of the nave includes buttresses at both ends and a projecting south porch towards the center. This porch has a pointed arch leading to a rib-vaulted interior, with a medieval inner doorway. To the right of the porch is a Victorian window with two trefoil-headed lights and a quatrefoil above, followed by a cinquefoil light with a drip mould over it to illuminate the pulpit. The gables are coped.

The north wall of the nave is divided into three bays by buttresses. From the left, there is a 2-light window with trefoil heads that is reasonably medieval, followed by a 2-light Victorian window and a single Victorian light. The chancel's south wall features a blocked pointed arch priest's door and a 2-light medieval window. The east gable has buttresses and a stepped window with three trefoil-headed lights, along with a trefoil in the gable, all of which are Victorian. The gable is also coped. The north wall is obscured by a Victorian vestry that includes a door and a reset medieval window.

The church is set within a churchyard that contains various 19th-century memorials, including some chest tombs. Notably, there is a memorial to John Loraine Baldwin, who died in 1896 and was the founder of the I Zingari Cricket Club, residing at St Anne's House.

Inside, the furnishings are predominantly Victorian and plain, except for a medieval font bowl. The chancel features a tiled floor, and the roofs consist of arch-braced collar beam trusses with close boarding. The trusses are closely set in the nave and arranged in three wider bays in the chancel. Both the roofs and trusses date from 1846 but incorporate some medieval rafters and bracing.

Local climate

Church of St Michael receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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