Earlswood Valley Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 2001. Chapel.
Earlswood Valley Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- empty-plinth-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2001
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Earlswood Valley Methodist Chapel, Chepstow, Shirenewton
- OS grid reference
- ST 449 947
- Coordinates
- 51.64901, -2.79764
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Earlswood Valley Methodist Chapel is a small, two-storey building constructed in the 18th century, with a tiny single-storey wing. The exterior is roughcast over stone rubble, featuring painted stone dressings and a Welsh slate roof. The entrance, located at the gable end, has a plank door set in an arched surround with a keyed head and impost blocks. Above the entrance, there is an arched window in a plain surround, which contains a 6 over 6 sash with an intersecting head. The gable features a plain bargeboard.
To the left of the door, there is a memorial inscription on red sandstone, dated 1832. The side elevation includes two arched openings fitted with modern timber windows. The end elevation retains two original arched sashes with 6 over 4 panes. The fourth elevation has a small projecting wing that contains a door and a 3 + 3 casement window at the front, along with a modern window at the rear.
Inside, the chapel is very plain, featuring a panelled gallery front, pine benches, and a high seat. The interior is lit by oil lamps. An inscription, which was not seen during the resurvey, is said to state: "This Chapel was built / in the year 1791 / I have witnessed these words in print / May its light shine forever. O. Collier."
Local climate
Earlswood Valley Methodist Chapel receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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