Hanover Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 January 1956. Chapel.

Hanover Chapel

WRENN ID
hidden-bracket-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 January 1956
Type
Chapel
Address
Hanover Chapel, Llanover, Abergavenny, Goetre Fawr
OS grid reference
SO 315 079
Coordinates
51.76583, -2.99306
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Hanover Chapel is a chapel built in 1839 from coursed and squared brown sandstone rubble, topped with a natural slate roof. It has a rectangular plan and features two windows on the short sides and a central window on the long sides. The entrance front consists of three bays with tall windows that have semi-circular heads and stone architraves, flanking panelled double doors with four fielded panels over a flush base. Above the doorway is a late 19th-century gabled timber hood with carved brackets and a spike finial, and the windows are designed with 12 over 16 panes. A small panel between the window heads reads 'HANOVER ERECTED 1839'. The road elevation includes a single central window, and the roof is hipped in that direction.

The rear elevation is slate hung and features two tall windows in arched stone frames, set more closely together than those on the entrance front, flanking the 'high seat' within. The graveyard elevation is partially obscured by an added gabled schoolroom, which has 20th-century replacement windows in brick frames and a 20th-century red brick lean-to extension.

Inside, the chapel is galleried on three sides with slim cast iron supports, which are part of the original construction. The galleries contain their original benches. The furnishings in the main body of the chapel date from 1892-1893 and were created by Edwin Foster of Abergavenny, including the high seat situated between the rear windows. The interior has remained unaltered since its last significant update.

Local climate

Hanover Chapel receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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