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Latitude: 53.0549 / 53°3'17"N
Longitude: -4.2529 / 4°15'10"W
OS Eastings: 249099
OS Northings: 353218
OS Grid: SH490532
Mapcode National: GBR 5J.CKD0
Mapcode Global: WH43T.NG0X
Plus Code: 9C5Q3P3W+WR
Entry Name: Seion Congregational Church
Listing Date: 21 July 2000
Last Amended: 21 July 2000
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 23707
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Also known as: Seion Congregational Church
ID on this website: 300023707
Location: Situated in an elevated position amidst terraced housing approximately half way up Cavour Street; in front of the chapel is a small forecourt behind an irregularly coursed rubblestone wall, topped by
County: Gwynedd
Town: Caernarfon
Community: Llanllyfni
Community: Llanllyfni
Locality: Talysarn
Built-Up Area: Talysarn
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
Tagged with: Chapel
Congregational chapel built in 1862, rebuilt in 1886.
Rendered rubblestone with stucco dressings; slate roof. Classical style. Front of 1:1:1 bays on rusticated plinth has Doric pilasters to angles and flanking to centre (all fluted to top section only) supporting full entablature and pedimented gable, which has pedimented datestone to apex. Tall 14-paned round-headed windows to outer bays with Corinthian capitals below moulded architraves with keystones. Central bay has round-headed entrance with a pair of panelled doors to recess. Above is a string course and a 16-paned segmental-headed window; both the entrance and the window have the same Corinthian capitals and moulded architraves as the tall windows to the outer bays. Return walls in 4 bays, both with tall round-headed windows as on front but without the architectural enrichment.
Internal lobby has staircase with turned balusters to gallery. Main hall as completed in 1886, with all fittings and furnishings in pitch pine, has box pews throughout with set fawr to far end. This has organ occupying the full size of a moulded round-headed arch supported by tapering plain pilasters. In front of the organ is the pulpit flanked by straight-flight staircases leading to railed enclosure below, the staircases, pulpit sides and enclosure all with turned balusters. Gallery around 3 sides on cast-iron columns has raked seating and panelled front; C19 clock to entrance end. Flat boarded ceiling has applied timber ribbing as decoration with 2 richly moulded plaster roses; plaster coving has Art Nouveau floral motif to lower section with stamped decoration above.
Included as a good example of a Congregational chapel occupying a striking townscape location and retaining a fine C19 interior.
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