Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
17244
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
15/03/1996  
Date of Amendment
15/03/1996  
Name of Property
New Cemetery Chapel  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Llanfoist Fawr  
Town
 
Locality
Abergavenny  
Easting
329019  
Northing
213765  
Street Side
 
Location
Prominently sited at the top of the cemetery which is reached from a narrow lane immediately to south of Usk Bridge.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
The eastern end of New Cemetery was opened in 1894 and is landscaped in the style of a Victorian public park or garden. The chapel was built to designs of E A Johnson, architect of Abergavenny.  

Exterior
Early English Gothic style chapel in local rubble with simple freestone dressings, slate roofs and gable parapets with crucifix finials. Composed of a nave with south porch and a stepped down chancel with polygonal east end and north vestry. At the south-east corner is a distinctive bell-tower which is octagonal and has a pyramidal roof; the belfry has deeply splayed lancet openings to each face and there is a staircase doorway to the east side. The chancel has cusped lancets and the vestry has a cylindrical chimney stack. The west end has a Geometric 3-light window. Interior not seen.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a Victorian cemetery chapel in an important setting. Group value with the Gates and Gate-piers at the main entrance and the Lychgate. Abergavenny New Cemetery is included in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in Wales No PGW (Gt) 37.  

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