Chapel of former Pen-y-fal Hospital, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8232 / 51°49'23"N

Longitude: -3.0098 / 3°0'35"W

OS Eastings: 330496

OS Northings: 214328

OS Grid: SO304143

Mapcode National: GBR F6.W61T

Mapcode Global: VH796.SF5N

Plus Code: 9C3RRXFR+73

Entry Name: Chapel of former Pen-y-fal Hospital

Listing Date: 15 June 1992

Last Amended: 10 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2870

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Chapel of former Pen-y-fal Hospital

ID on this website: 300002870

Location: To the south-west of the main building and immediately to the north-west of the Lodge, but situated rather below the drive.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Abergavenny

Community: Abergavenny (Y Fenni)

Community: Abergavenny

Locality: Pen-y-fal

Built-Up Area: Abergavenny

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

Probably c1883 and thus contemporary with the closure of the chapel in the main building of the Joint County Lunatic Asylum, see Pen-y-fal Apartments. It is not shown on 1st edition OS map surveyed in 1879. It may have been designed by Giles and Gough who did the alterations and additions to the main buildings, but the design shows nothing of the Jacobethan character that characterises their work with that.

Exterior

Snecked bull-nosed red sandstone rubble masonry with freestone bands and window dressings; tall natural slate roof with red tile cresting. Cruciform, Decorated Gothic style church with 4-bay nave, transepts, apsidal chancel and octagonal fleche at the crossing. The west front has a 5-light Geometric window over a flat roof full width porch with twin gable arched entrances with single light windows on either side; the main window has a taller central light and three quatrefoils in the head. The nave has lancets with stepped buttresses between. Four-light transept windows of similar character to that at the west end; main entrance is now to north transept and the gabled porch cuts into the base of the window above; cylindrical chimney stack to south transept. Semi octagonal east end with gables over 2-light ogee windows. Very steeply pitched roofs; the fleche has an open traceried bellcote and crocketed top.

Interior

Interior not inspected at resurvey but a scissor truss roof was reported at listing in 1992.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as a well preserved asylum chapel of definite character, which has group value with Pen-y-fal Apartments and the associated listed items.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Lodge of Pen-y-fal
At the south corner of the main site entrance, set back from the road. Approximately 1 km from the town centre.
II Rectangular Shelter in the grounds of Pen-y-fal
Between the main (south-west) elevation of Pen-y-fal Apartments and the drive. Surrounded by lawns near the main entrance approach.
II Octagonal Shelter 1 in the grounds to south-west of Pen-y-fal
Between the main (south-west) elevation of Pen-y-fal Apartments and the drive, surrounded by lawns. This example is set into a tarmacked path on a terraced section towards the south-east end.
II Parc Pen-y-fal (former main hospital building)
Large site between the Afon Gavenny, below to west and the Hereford railway line, above to east. Faces south-west on the eastern edge of Abergavenny, approximately 1km from the town centre.
II Octagonal Shelter 6 in the grounds of Pen-y-fal
Between the main (south-west) elevation of Pen-y-fal Apartments and the drive, surrounded by lawns. This example is set into a tarmacked path towards the north-west end, forward from the projecting g
II Octagonal Shelter 2 in the grounds to south of Pen-y-fal
Situated towards the south-east end of the site. Lawns rise steeply to south-east.
II Octagonal Shelter 3 in the grounds to south of Pen-y-fal
High up, on top of the grassed bank at the south-east end of the site overlooking the open courtyards behind the former Infirmary; beside the rubble perimeter wall.
II Octagonal Shelter 5 in the grounds to north of Pen-y-fal
At the rear of the main front block close to the north-west ventilation tower and near the boundary wall; on terraced site.

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Chapel of former Pen-y-fal Hospital

A Grade II Listed Building in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire