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
11703
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1987
Date of Amendment
17/12/1996
Name of Property
New Siloh (Seilo Newydd) Congregational Chapel, including gates and railings.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Landore
Town
Swansea
Locality
Landore
Easting
265697
Northing
195712
Street Side
S
Location
Occupying a prominent corner position at the top of Siloh Hill, long flank elevation to Pentre Treharn Road; ground falls steeply to E.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Opened 1878. By Thomas Freeman and Rev Thomas Thomas (cost £7,000). Impressive classical chapel, replacing chapel of c1828. Chapel renowned as focal point for musical life of area. Large organ of 1926, by Conacher of Huddersfield (cost £2,400).
Exterior
Snecked rubble facings, pale freestone dressings, granite shafts, slate roof. 3-bay open pedimented facade with tall finial and balustraded parapets over corners. Corbel tablets, plain frieze, chequered treatment to pilasters with acanthus capitals. Dwarf pilasters flank arched head of 3-light traceried centre window with parchment scroll over, shafts with capitals below transom. 3 gabled and finialled doorways set into rubble wall of porch, carved tympana, arched doorways, acanthus band. Tall arched lights with marginal glazing bars to outer bays, 7-bay flank elevations with giant pilasters, arched windows on 2 levels. E extension (organ loft) over arched passage.
Enclosed platform site with snecked rubble revetments, pyramidical Gothic caps to piers, original spear gates and railings.
Interior
Magnificent interior (seating 1100) has shallow elliptical ceiling with elaborate ribbed panelling, pendants, pierced roses to lamps. Continuous gallery on barley-sugar iron columns, iron filigree front, moulded floral decoration to coving, clock framed by pillars. Gallery sweeps down above pulpit, organ console to rear of choir benches, broad organ case with exposed decorated pipes; to each side of organ, window with stained glass. Large polygonal pulpit with relief panels and arcading, balustraded stair to each side, balustrade to set fawr enclosure has panels with relief decoration. Interior retains original pitch pine seating at both levels.
Reason for designation
Graded II* as ambitious grand chapel with strong exterior presence and particularly fine and unspoilt interior.
Group Description
New Siloh (Congregational) Chapel and School House
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