Providence Baptist Chapel, Cwmdu, Talley, Carmarthenshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9538 / 51°57'13"N

Longitude: -3.9875 / 3°59'14"W

OS Eastings: 263515

OS Northings: 230231

OS Grid: SN635302

Mapcode National: GBR DW.M3L0

Mapcode Global: VH4HQ.T5T2

Plus Code: 9C3RX237+G2

Entry Name: Providence Baptist Chapel, Cwmdu

Listing Date: 22 March 1988

Last Amended: 1 March 1995

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11137

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Providence Baptist Chapel, Cwmdu

ID on this website: 300011137

Location: Set back behind small burial ground to left of terraced row in centre of Cwmdu village.

County: Carmarthenshire

Community: Talley (Talyllychau)

Community: Talley

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

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History

Small chapel built 1789, rebuilt 1839, refitted and restored in 1883 by David Jenkins of Llandeilo, architect.

Exterior

839 Chapel. Inscribed tablet: "Providence Baptist Chapel. Built 1789; rebuilt 1839; renovated 1883". Rendered and painted long front with lateral slate roof, wide eaves. Two tall round-arched windows with Y-tracery flank central round-arched doorway with Y-traceried fanlight and double panelled doors.Half slate-hung gable end with tall window as above. Whitewashed rubble rear with two windows as above.

Interior

3-sided gallery, panelled and corbelled front upon marbled cast iron columns with foliate capitals. Elaborate classical round-arched plaster frame to rear of timber pulpit. Big seat with timber half-rail; turned wooden balusters. Newels with ball finials. Simple flat ribbed plaster ceiling with central rose. Lobby window with marginal and incised coloured panes

Reasons for Listing

Group value with the terraced row adjacent.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Post Office (Rhyderonnen)
In centre of hamlet by roadside with gardens opposite on bank of Afon Dulais.
II Gwanuforfydd House
Situated to the rear of Baptist Chapel, reached off a short lane.
II Inn (Rhyderonnen)
In centre of hamlet by roadside with gardens opposite on bank of Afon Dulais.
II Cottage Row (Rhyderonnen)
In centre of hamlet by roadside with gardens opposite on bank of Afon Dulais.
II Telephone Call-box near Cwmdu Village Hall
Prominently sited on verge to W end of village hall and above stream at Cwmdu Inn.
II Cwmdu Village Hall
Set into slope beside road in centre of Cwmdu and immediately adjoining tributary of Afon Dulais. Cwmdu Inn is next door to the W.
II Rhyd-Ar-Wen (Former Farmhouse & attached Range)
Set back behind rubble walled front garden. On S side of lane reached off the by-road 0.5 km SW of Cwmdu. Formerly a farmhouse with attached lower cow-house.
II Barn at Glanyrafon Ddu Ganol NW of Farmhouse
Farm situated alongside the Halfway-Cwmdu by-road. The barn is immediately behind the farmhouse on the W side of the farmyard.

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Providence Baptist Chapel, Cwmdu

A Grade II Listed Building in Talley, Carmarthenshire