Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Stow Hill, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 2 May 1980
- Community
- Stow Hill
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58668, -2.99718
- Cadw reference
- 3042
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Opposite School Lane.
History
Former chapel of mid C19. Perhaps the Baptist chapel of 1863 built in Stow Hill, By Habershon and Pite in 1863.
Exterior
Grand temple front of 3 bays, based on Italian Renaissance models. Stucco; Roman Doric. Heavy pediment with oculus. Doric entablature and pilasters. Doorway with bracketed pediment. C20 extension to L.
Reason for designation
Listed for contribution of grand classical front to Stow Hill conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- Bethel ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Presbytery at Catholic Church of St MaryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St Mary's Catholic Infant School (St Mary's Institute)Educationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.