St Michael's is a Roman Catholic church in
Pillgwenlly in
Newport, Wales. It located at the corner of Clarence Street and St Michael Street. St Michael's has been
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
since January 1997.
[ RCAHMW: Coflein database]
The construction of the church was carried out by volunteer Irish immigrant labourers. The cost of the church was met by public subscription.
[ The creation of the church served the Irish immigrants working at the Newport docks.]Bath stone
Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England. Its honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of ...
. St Michael's has a slate roof with two prominent conical ventilators made from copper. The stained glass windows were installed in 1884. The windows were manufactured by Mayer of Munich.[
The '' South Wales Echo'' described the church upon its completion in 1887 as a "fine, spacious edifice, having an elevation of 61 feet, and being divided by an arcading of six arches into nave and aisles. Provision is made for one thousand sittings, and when the design is fully carried out, a spire will be added to the present tower, of an altitude altogether of 100 feet...it has concrete foundations formed of Aberthaw pebble ground lime".][
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Gothic Revival church buildings in Wales
Grade II listed churches in Newport, Wales
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1887
Roman Catholic churches in Wales
Grade II listed Roman Catholic churches in Wales
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom