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Wesley Place, NEWPORT, NP20 1JF

Viewed on June 22nd 2018. The South Wales Argus reported that the church was devastated by a fire which spread from the empty former Zanzibar nightclub next door on Friday, June 15th 2018. 83 fire fighters, 10 fire engines, five water bowsers, two aerial ladders, a hydraulic platform, an incident command unit and three supporting appliances battled through the night to bring the blaze under control. Drone footage shows huge piles of rubble inside the church. The roof has been completely destroyed. The pastor of the church, Andrew Cleverley, has vowed to rebuild. In the meantime the congregation has moved to nearby Havelock Street Presbyterian Church. After the fire Gwent Police stated that two people were arrested on suspicion of arson.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark which is described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm35075.

The view down Stow Hill from outside the Bethel Community Church.

Built in the Decorated Gothic style c1884. Formerly Stow Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church. Grade II listed in 2000.

Stow Hill Baths opened in 1890, built on the site of an old waterworks. An early photograph shows a building very different from the brick building seen here. I don't know when the exterior was transformed to its current appearance. The building has had various uses since the baths closed down. In May 2018, the name over the entrance is The Gap Centre. A For Sale board is on the wall.

This OS cut mark can be found on the Methodist Church, Stow Hill. It marks a point 23.896m above mean sea level.

Viewed on June 22nd 2018. The South Wales Argus reported that the church was devastated by a fire which spread from the empty former Zanzibar nightclub next door on Friday, June 15th 2018. 83 fire fighters, 10 fire engines, five water bowsers, two aerial ladders, a hydraulic platform, an incident command unit and three supporting appliances battled through the night to bring the blaze under control. Drone footage shows huge piles of rubble inside the church. The roof has been completely destroyed. The pastor of the church, Andrew Cleverley, has vowed to rebuild. In the meantime the congregation has moved to nearby Havelock Street Presbyterian Church. After the fire Gwent Police stated that two people were arrested on suspicion of arson.

On this site, a small Roman Catholic chapel was built in 1812. During 1839 the old chapel was demolished and the current church built in its place, the first in Wales to use metal pillars. The church opened in 1840. St Mary's is part of All Saints Parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff.

Pub at 22-24 Stow Hill, Newport. The pavements and premises on the western side of Stow Hill are raised several feet above the level of the road, as seen here. Update January 2014. Now white. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3811938

The presbytery (priests' house) is located next to St Mary's RC church http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1599989 on the east side of Stow Hill, at the corner of School Lane.