Former Roman Catholic Chapel at St Woolos Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 September 1999. Chapel.
Former Roman Catholic Chapel at St Woolos Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- hidden-footing-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 September 1999
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Roman Catholic Chapel at St Woolos Cemetery, Allt-Yr-Yn
- OS grid reference
- ST 295 876
- Coordinates
- 51.58351, -3.01848
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former Roman Catholic Chapel at St Woolos Cemetery is a Gothic-style building with a single chamber plan. It is constructed of red rubble sandstone with Bathstone detailing and features a high plinth. The chapel has a steeply gabled slate roof with coped gables, made of alternating bands of blue and purple slates, and is adorned with large carved crucifix finials. There are low buttresses at each end of the blank long sides.
The entrance faces south and is set within a tall arched surround, which includes ashlar voussoirs, chamfered reveals, and plain imposts. The door has a flattened head and consists of paired boarded doors with iron branched hinges. There is simple tracery in the tympanum, which is currently hidden by protective boarding, and a small spherical window above it. A similar window is located above the eastern triplet.
The chapel is currently used for storage and features a scissor-truss roof. Inside, there is a painted stone altar table supported by two columns that have foliage caps.
Local climate
Former Roman Catholic Chapel at St Woolos Cemetery receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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