History

Independent chapel of 1843, used as schoolroom after new chapel was built nearby in 1904. Chapel cost £320 and originally had no gallery. Gallery inserted later, at an unknown date, possibly the 1860s. A long-wall facade, with the interior aligned on the front wall, but there was never a second door on the front wall. Such asymmetrical chapels are an occasional feature of the period c 1830-50, e.g. Sardis, Cwmcanlais, Brecs (1835). The present front wall door was reopened in the C20, previously entry was from a door in the right end wall. There were outside steps on the left end wall to the gallery, since removed.

Exterior

Chapel, whitewashed rubble stone with slate roof. Long wall front of 2 large arched windows with stone voussoirs and stone sills, single plain flat-headed door to left with stone voussoirs. C20 hardwood windows, framed boarded door. Plaque between windows 'Saron Capel yr Anymddibynwyr Adeiladwyd AD 1843'. Right end wall has blocked door.

Interior

Interior has been mostly stripped of fittings, but gallery survives. Three-sided gallery on 2 thick cast-iron columns with painted marbling. The gallery front in long panels with shorter panels in curved angles. Panelled ground floor dado, No internal access to gallery. Two blocked windows rear of gallery, former gallery door to left wall. Pulpit was on front wall between windows.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an early surviving chapel in the region, one of a relatively small group of chapels with a single asymmetric door to a long-wall facade.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29500242

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)