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
2392
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/11/1974
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Abergavenny Methodist Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Abergavenny
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Abergavenny
Easting
329872
Northing
214119
Street Side
NE
Location
Facing south-west over the car park with the United Reformed Church on the right.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Dated 1829, and the main build is largely unaltered, but the interior was changed in the late C19 and in 1997. It is shown on Wood's map of 1834.
Exterior
Stucco faced and painted, with a natural slate roof. Rectangular plan with gable end elevation to street. Two storeys with three bays. Central plain double doors set between pilasters with a projecting porch of two Tuscan columns and plain entablature, this flanked by 8 over 8 pane sashes. The upper floor has three round headed windows with 4 over 4 pane sashes, the narrower centre one of which is blocked and possibly always was, but the late C19 organ is placed against it so it may have been blocked then, Roof hipped to front. There is a small retaining wall at the front of the chapel which is returned at either side.
Plain rear elevation.
Interior
Square space with a flat ceiling and galleries on three sides. Slim cast iron columns carry a triglyph frieze and a panelled balcony front. Later Victorian alteration to entrance with glazed balcony supporting a large organ. Elaborate high seat with panelling and turned balusters. Furnishings are mostly late Victorian. The two centre windows at the rear have very highly coloured glass in a geometric design.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a handsome and well preserved Methodist Chapel of 1829.
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