History

Non-conformist chapel founded in 1822, probably at the same time as the construction of the bridges at Melin-y-Coed; rebuilt in 1879.

Exterior

Rectangular chapel in simple Gothic style; of snecked, rough-dressed slatestone with light grey Penmaenmawr-type stone dressings; on a plain chamfered plinth. Slate roof with cast iron foliated finials to stone-coped, simply-kneelered gables. Symmetrical gabled entrance (W) front with single-storey gabled porch. This has a shouldered outer arch with roll-moulded segmental apex; plain chamfered inner ach with blind occuli to the lintel. Recessed boarded double-doors with decorative ironwork. Above the entrance an inset stone dedication plaque. Triple-window arrangement above porch in upper gable; segmentally-arched windows with chamfered jambs and slightly-projecting cills, original plain marginally-glazed sashes. Similar windows to 5-bay N and S sides, the latter with a C20 brick lean-to to its eastern bay; corrugated iron roof. 3 further windows to the E end with triple-window group as before; entrance with boarded door and chamfered jambs to R. Squat chimney with moulded capping and octagonal chimney pot off-centre at the gable apex.

Interior

Plain though unaltered interior with raking box pews of pitch-pine facing the railed Set Fawr at the rear; decoratve plaster rosette to coved ceiling.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an unspoilt C19 rural chapel and for group value with Melin-y-Coed bridge and its attendant revetment walls.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29496230

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings