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Capel y Berthen

A Grade II Listed Building in Lixwm, Flintshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2337 / 53°14'1"N

Longitude: -3.2484 / 3°14'54"W

OS Eastings: 316769

OS Northings: 371469

OS Grid: SJ167714

Mapcode National: GBR 6V.09FM

Mapcode Global: WH76R.2ZFB

Plus Code: 9C5R6QM2+FJ

Entry Name: Capel y Berthen

Listing Date: 31 January 2001

Last Amended: 31 January 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 24660

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Berthen

ID on this website: 300024660

Location: At the N end of Lixwm village, set back behind a lawn with boundary railings on the N side of a minor road between Lixwm and Ysceifiog.

County: Flintshire

Town: Holywell

Community: Ysceifiog

Community: Ysceifiog

Locality: Lixwm

Built-Up Area: Lixwm

Traditional County: Flintshire

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History

The first chapel here was begun in 1775 by John Owen (1733-76), the first Methodist exhorter in Flintshire, but he died prior to its completion. The chapel was modified in 1823, 1836 and 1892.

Exterior

A simple classical style chapel of pebble-dashed walls and slate roof. The openings have rock-faced stone dressings, and the windows have horned sashes with Italianate tracery and bracketed stone sills. The front has 4 round-headed windows and a doorway L of centre under a segmental head and with a replaced panel door. A tablet R of centre records the foundation of the chapel in 1775 and its subsequent rebuildings. A lean-to porch is against the R gable end, the doorway of which projects in front of the chapel and is gabled. It has replaced double panelled doors but retains its original radial overlight. The side wall of the porch has a central window under a gablet similar to the chapel front, below which is a band of blank foundation tablets, and flanked by narrow sash windows. Above the porch the gable end of the main chapel has a keyed oculus and coped freestone verge. A lower gabled school room and hall, dated 1992, is built against the L gable end, above which the main chapel has a coursed rock-faced stone stack. The rear of the chapel has 4 windows similar to the front.

Interior

Not inspected.

Reasons for Listing

Listed primarily for historical interest as one of the earliest Methodist chapels in Flintshire, and for its association with John Owen, founder of Methodism in the county.

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  • II Monument to John Owen & William Llwyd at Capel y Berthen
    In the centre of the lawn in front of the chapel.
  • II Llwyn Tew
    An isolated house on the W side of Lixwm village, reached by track and footpath on the W side of the B5121.
  • II Bakehouse at Llwyn Tew
    On the E side of the house.
  • II Pantyrodyn Cottage
    On the W side of the main road through the village.
  • II Wayside Cottage
    On the E side of Lixwm village and set back from the road behind a rubble-stone wall.
  • II Pen-ffynnon-y-cyff
    An isolated house at the S end of the village, and reached by private track on the W side of the B5121.
  • II Gledlom
    Approximately 0.75km SE of Ysceifiog church and reached by farm road S of Ffordd Gledlom between Ysceifiog and Lixwm.
  • II Coedybrain
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