Church of St Thomas a Becket is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 August 1955. Dwelling.
Church of St Thomas a Becket
- WRENN ID
- burning-gutter-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1955
- Type
- Dwelling
- Address
- Church of St Thomas a Becket, Wolvesnewton, Chepstow, Devauden
- OS grid reference
- ST 454 997
- Coordinates
- 51.69402, -2.79106
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Thomas a Becket is a Grade II* listed building constructed from coursed local rubble of red and grey sandstone, which transitions into conglomerate. The walls are partly battered, indicating an early date, and the roofs are covered with Welsh slates. The church features a nave, a separate chancel, a west tower, and a south porch.
The nave includes a 2-light window with trefoil-headed lights to the left of the porch, along with a single light and a 3-light window on the right. The rear wall has two 2-light windows, with the right-hand window being renewed and cutting into the head of a blocked north door. The structure has coped gables and a tiled ridge. The gabled south porch contains a partly reconstructed pointed arch, while the inner porch door is a Victorian reconstruction.
The chancel has a much lower ridge line, a south door, and a 2-light window, with a blind north wall and a decorated 2-light east window featuring a quatrefoil. It also has a coped gable with a cross. The west tower consists of two stages, with the upper stage being diminished, likely a later heightening. There is a lancet window low on the west wall and another on the north wall at a high level. The upper stage features a 2-light belfry opening on each face and a saddle-back roof with coped gables. The ghost of the previous nave ridge line is visible on the east face.
Inside, the church has a plain whitewashed interior with mostly Victorian fittings and furnishings. The font is made up of various pieces. The tower arch is closed off with a plank screen. The chancel was furnished, panelled, and adorned with stained glass in 1924. The roofs are supported by close-set collar trusses with raking supports, which, along with the chancel arch, are Victorian. The church is said to house three bells dated 1607, 1680, and 1682, all of which were recast in 1914. The nave windows serve as memorials from 1949 to those who served in World War II.
Local climate
Church of St Thomas a Becket receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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