Abergavenny Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 November 1974. Former hotel.

Abergavenny Methodist Church

WRENN ID
worn-parapet-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 November 1974
Type
Former hotel
OS grid reference
SO 298 141
Coordinates
51.82128, -3.01887
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Abergavenny Methodist Church is a 19th-century building with a rectangular plan, faced in stucco and painted, topped with a natural slate roof. It has a gable end elevation facing the street and stands two storeys tall with three bays. The central entrance features plain double doors set between pilasters, leading to a projecting porch supported by two Tuscan columns and a plain entablature. This entrance is flanked by 8 over 8 pane sash windows. On the upper floor, there are three round-headed windows with 4 over 4 pane sashes; the narrower center window is blocked, possibly from the building's inception, but a late 19th-century organ is positioned against it, suggesting it may have been blocked at that time. The roof is hipped at the front, and there is a small retaining wall at the front of the chapel that returns at either side. The rear elevation is plain.

Inside, the church features a square space with a flat ceiling and galleries on three sides. Slim cast iron columns support a triglyph frieze and a panelled balcony front. There have been later Victorian alterations to the entrance, which includes a glazed balcony that supports a large organ. The high seat is elaborate, with panelling and turned balusters, while most furnishings date from the late Victorian period. The two central windows at the rear are adorned with very highly coloured glass in a geometric design.

Local climate

Abergavenny Methodist Church 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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