Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 August 1955. Church.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 August 1955
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Peter, Newchurch, Chepstow, Devauden
OS grid reference
ST 454 975
Coordinates
51.67412, -2.79075
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter is constructed entirely of coarse red sandstone, used for both the walls and the dressings, with tiled roofs. The medieval sections feature coursed rubble with dressed block quoining, while the Victorian additions are made of squared rock-faced blocks arranged in snecked courses and quoined with ashlar. The church's layout includes a nave, a separate chancel, a north porch, and a Victorian vestry attached to the south wall of the chancel. The entire structure sits on a battered plinth.

The nave has a 2-light and a 3-light Decorated window on the south wall, along with two 2-light windows on the north wall, all plain with trefoil heads. The gables are coped. The gabled north porch features a fluted arch. The south wall of the chancel is largely obscured by the projecting vestry, which has a large chimney; otherwise, the chancel has a small window on the south and two on the north, along with a 2-light east window topped by a roundel and a coped gable.

The tower has a blocked entrance arch at ground level and consists of three stages with an attached stair turret that rises above the main tower. It features a small rectangular window on the north wall of the ground stage, a blocked arched window on the east wall of the second stage, and small belfry openings on each face at the third stage, along with a parapet string and a castellated parapet. The churchyard contains various memorials, including a chest tomb for Richard Constance, who died in 1854, located near the east end of the church.

Inside, the church is entirely Victorian except for an early tub font that may predate the building. The interior includes pews, a pulpit, and an altar. Both the nave and chancel are finished with waggon roofs featuring closely set rafters and boarding. The tower doors are dated 1930, and the low double-pitched roof of the tower is likely late medieval. There is a single bell dated 1716. A 17th-century brass mentioned in a previous description was not observed during the resurvey.

Local climate

Church of St Peter 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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