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
15655
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/06/1994
Date of Amendment
15/08/2000
Name of Property
Chapel House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Pont-y-Clun
Town
Pontyclun
Locality
Miskin
Easting
304602
Northing
180772
Street Side
W
Location
On a corner, set below a minor road from Miskin village and W of main railway line.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built c1860 and opened in October of that year. The site was then known as New Mill. Despite the date the design of this low, long-wall fronted chapel recalls that of the traditional rural chapel rather than the more common C19 gabled fronts. The chapel closed c1994 and was converted to a dwelling.
Exterior
A 2-storey former chapel on a steep site with one storey facing the street but 2 storeys behind. Rubble stone walls retain some render, while the slate roof has a brick stack to the R. Facing the street are 3 horned-sash windows, with a lower gabled porch L of centre, in which the half-lit panelled door is on the R side. The L gable end has 2 sash windows in the upper storey and a projection against the lower storey. Behind, both storeys have sash windows, the lower storey being the former Sunday School.
Interior
Not inspected, but said to retain a coved and ribbed ceiling and a plastered arch behind the former pulpit.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding conversion to a dwelling, for its architectural interest as a rare surviving mid C19 rural chapel building retaining original character.
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