Chepstow buildings [30]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 2 Sep 2022

Chepstow Methodist Church, Albion Square, was built in 1855 as a Wesleyan Methodist Church with later additions and alterations. Constructed in the Gothic Revival style, of coursed sandstone, with ashlar dressings under a slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=20751 Chepstow, the most easterly town in Wales, is located on the tidal River Wye, some 3 miles above its confluence with the River Severn. There is evidence of continuous human occupation from the Mesolithic period. The town grew in importance when the Normans erected a castle at what was the lowest bridging point of the River Wye. The town flourished as a port, being exempt from English taxation, and it mainly traded in timber and bark from the Wye Valley. The town became an important centre for tourism from the late eighteenth century.

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