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Capel Trisant

A Grade II Listed Building in Pontarfynach, Ceredigion

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.3648 / 52°21'53"N

Longitude: -3.8857 / 3°53'8"W

OS Eastings: 271699

OS Northings: 275755

OS Grid: SN716757

Mapcode National: GBR 90.S5Y8

Mapcode Global: VH4FN.LTNJ

Plus Code: 9C4R9477+WP

Entry Name: Capel Trisant

Listing Date: 21 January 1964

Last Amended: 16 March 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 9868

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Capel Trisant

ID on this website: 300009868

Location: At the E end of the hamlet of Capel Trisant approximately 0.5km NW of Llyn Frongoch.

County: Ceredigion

Town: Aberystwyth

Community: Pontarfynach

Community: Pontarfynach

Locality: Capel Trisant

Traditional County: Cardiganshire

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History

Calvinistic Methodist chapel dated 1850, the combination of outer doors and paired arched centre windows shows the tradition of lateral-fronted chapels remaining where the chapel is gable-fronted. Large near square interior with painted grained raked pews and no gallery, typical of N. Ceredigion.

Exterior

Chapel, unpainted rendered walls with slated roof and bracketed eaves. Large gable front with brackets to verge, two large arched centre windows with 20-pane glazing below Gothic intersecting bars in arched heads. Two plain square-headed outer doorways with board doors. Slate arch-headed plaque in gable rearing 'Capel Tri Saint a adeiladwyd yn y flwyddyn 1820 a ail adeiladwyd yn y flwyddyn 1850'. Right side wall has two square-headed 24-pane sashes. Rear wall has two similar sashes and overhanging verges to gable. Left side wall has one similar window behind attached range.
To left of chapel is rendered low house or vestry range with slate roof and stone stack on ridge to left. Two storeys with board door to right, 12-pane sash to left and small casement pair to first floor left under eaves. Rear has casement pair over small 12-pane sash.

Interior

Interior without galleries. Painted grained raked box pews in three rows. Inward facing pair of pews each side and then single pew before corner panelled timber lobbies each with one pew attached facing in to pulpit. Pulpit removed (2004). Flat ceiling with plaster rose.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a mid C19 chapel in the simple late Georgian manner, with attached vestry and later chapel house.

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