Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
9395
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
12/12/2003
Name of Property
Capel Bigawdin
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanddarog
Town
Locality
Porthyrhyd
Easting
251155
Northing
214714
Street Side
Location
Attached to a field wall S of Wern-las Farm, approximately 2km SE of Llanddarog village.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
A medieval well chapel mainly of C16 date.
Exterior
Small ruined chapel with a stream flowing through it. Walls are rubble stone, stand to full height in the W and E walls, which retain putlog holes, to half its original height in the N wall, while the S wall acts as a retaining wall to a steep bank. A pointed W doorway is double chamfered. Above it is a 2-light square-headed window with chamfered mullions, in C16 style. A gabled bellcote has partly fallen. Inside, the W wall has a corbelled niche upper-R of the doorway. The N wall also has a small corbelled niche. The E wall retains a window opening but the dressings have been removed.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* for its exceptional historical interest as a medieval chapel built over a holy well.
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