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Latitude: 52.4873 / 52°29'14"N
Longitude: -3.9823 / 3°58'56"W
OS Eastings: 265496
OS Northings: 289557
OS Grid: SN654895
Mapcode National: GBR 8X.JD4G
Mapcode Global: VH4F0.XRL3
Plus Code: 9C4RF2P9+W3
Entry Name: Bethel Independent Chapel
Listing Date: 19 September 1997
Last Amended: 19 September 1997
Grade: II*
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 18891
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Also known as: Bethel Independent Chapel
ID on this website: 300018891
Location: Situated towards N end of Talybont, adjoining and to N of Tabernacle Chapel, both behind matching iron railings.
County: Ceredigion
Town: Aberystwyth
Community: Ceulanamaesmawr
Community: Ceulanamaesmawr
Locality: Talybont
Built-Up Area: Tal-y-bont
Traditional County: Cardiganshire
Tagged with: Chapel
Independent Chapel of 1830 remodelled in 1885. The original chapel was built in 1804-5.
Colourwashed stucco with slate eaves roof and red ridge tiles. Large lateral facade in Gothic style with High Victorian punched detail to timber window tracery. Two long pointed windows, outer porches, and upper gallery lights above, matching heads of main windows. Bracketted eaves of alternate large and small brackets. Windows have hoodmoulds with foliate stops, the two centre hoods are conjoined. All four windows have punched sexfoil heads, main windows have long pointed 2-lights below and chamfered sills. Gallery lights have heads only. Gabled porches have matching detail: pointed doors with similar hoodmoulds, punched sexfoil overlights. Ledged doors with strap hinges. Cusped bargeboards, terracotta finials. Plain pointed windows in side walls. Two-storey, two-window end walls with 3-light flat-headed windows, Gothic timber tracery. Rear has big centre gabled projection with octofoil and roundels to main window and sexfoils to smaller flanking windows. Sashes to ground floor.
Outstanding interior of 1885, displaying high quality pitch-pine detail. Roughly square interior with gallery on all four sides, but above pulpit a triple arcade screens raked pews and large organ in added rear projection. Enclosed schoolroom below. Main part has plaster ceiling in 6 long panels, each with 3 sexfoiled roundels. Gallery is on 5 plain columns, rich panelled front with much carved detail: below long panels are rows of quatrefoil roundels and between are pilasters with fretwork tracery and sinuous capitals. Further rows of simple cut ornament above and below. Pine pews in 3 blocks, outer blocks curved. Great seat, 3-sided with curved angles and panelling to back below sexfoil-pierced rail. Exceptionally ornate pulpit with shafted arcading to base and frontal, 3-bay pointed on base, 2-bay round arched on frontal. Panels have attractive incised decoration and sides have fretted pilasters. Similar 1-bay sides. The flanking steps have balustrades that appear to be carved from a single plank, with intersecting open arcading. Enclosed angle steps to gallery. Organ gallery has 3 big ringed iron columns with arches. Organ by Rushworth & Dreaper of Liverpool obscures centre rear window. Raking pews in organ gallery. Vestry under organ gallery has rear fireplace.
An interior of strong character with high quality moulded and carved work in pitch pine.
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