Former Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 June 1971. A Medieval Church.
Former Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- white-copper-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1971
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Former Church of St Mary, Chapel Hill, Chepstow, Wye Valley
- OS grid reference
- ST 530 999
- Coordinates
- 51.69649, -2.68103
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Former Church of St Mary is constructed from random limestone rubble, featuring Bath stone quoins and dressings. Only the tower remains roofed, covered with stone slates. The nave and chancel are aligned with a south tower that also serves as the porch, and there is a small north vestry. The walls are intact, including the Decorated tracery in the east and west windows. The north wall contains three single light windows with cusped heads, while the south wall has two. The tower is complete, showcasing a flat entrance arch on the outside and a cranked one on the inside, along with a surviving plank door and holy water stoup. The tower is three stages high and square, with quoins; the second stage features a single light opening with a cusped head. The bell stage includes paired louvred openings with cusped heads, a small single light opening in the gable above, and another in the rear gable. The gables are coped with an apex cross at the front. The churchyard is home to a notable collection of 19th-century monuments, three of which are listed.
Inside, there are two small aumbries: one near the door with a cusped head and another by the altar with an arched head and decorated tracery infill.
Local climate
Former Church of St Mary 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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