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Latitude: 51.6116 / 51°36'41"N
Longitude: -3.5792 / 3°34'45"W
OS Eastings: 290745
OS Northings: 191487
OS Grid: SS907914
Mapcode National: GBR HD.9NDN
Mapcode Global: VH5GY.XR5F
Plus Code: 9C3RJC6C+J8
Entry Name: Mortuary Chapel
Listing Date: 30 July 1997
Last Amended: 30 July 1997
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 18632
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Also known as: Pontycymer Mortuary Chapel
ID on this website: 300018632
Location: Situated on the hillside on the eastern edge of the town.
County: Bridgend
Community: Garw Valley (Cwm Garw)
Community: Garw Valley
Locality: Pontycymer
Built-Up Area: Pontycymer
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Chapel
Pontycymmer Cemetery was established 1888 under control of Llangeinor Burial Board.
A simple small single cell main building with high S porch. Built of snecked rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings, banded Welsh slate roof, blue ridge tiles and small ashlar gabled bellcote on E apex. The approach from S is dominated by the steeply gabled porch with its unmoulded pointed arched doorway of ashlar with narrow rock-faced voussoir band; elegant decorative wrought iron gate of Art Nouveau motif with spear finials; inner doorway is square headed with moulded ashlar surround and relieving arch above, and double black painted boarded doors. Windows only to E and W are of 2 pointed lights with a triangular light in apex. Tiered angle buttresses at each corner.
Retains stone flagged floor and open timber roof.
Listed as an unaltered late C19 mortuary chapel of simple but effective design, with good ironwork and for group value with the Cemetery Entrance and the monument to Benjamin Noyle.
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