Walls, railings and gates at Capel Salem (Capel y Cwm), Bonymaen (Bôn-y-maen), Swansea

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.645 / 51°38'42"N

Longitude: -3.9125 / 3°54'45"W

OS Eastings: 267764

OS Northings: 195756

OS Grid: SS677957

Mapcode National: GBR WXS.FH

Mapcode Global: VH4K4.4XF9

Plus Code: 9C3RJ3WP+2X

Entry Name: Walls, railings and gates at Capel Salem (Capel y Cwm)

Listing Date: 22 October 2003

Last Amended: 22 October 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81962

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300081962

Location: Situated approximately 120m E of the junction of Cwm Chapel Road and the B5444.

County: Swansea

Town: Swansea

Community: Bonymaen (Bôn-y-maen)

Community: Bonymaen

Built-Up Area: Swansea

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Wall

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History

Entrance gates, walls and railings to Capel Salem, Calvinistic Methodist chapel of 1903-5, by W W Williams of Swansea, who died during the construction, the work being completed by W David of Swansea. Presumably of the same date as the chapel.

Exterior

Chapel entrance gates, walls and railings. Two large gatepiers in rock-faced rubble stone with plinths and ashlar pyramidal Gothic caps with gablet on each face. Ornate double iron gates with scrollwork decoration. To each side is coursed sandstone retaining wall with ashlar chamfered coping carrying low railings to similar pattern to gates.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good example of ironwork of c1900 and for group value with the chapel.

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II Morfa Bridge
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Walls, railings and gates at Capel Salem (Capel y Cwm)

A Grade II Listed Building in Bonymaen (Bôn-y-maen), Swansea