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
16010
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
26/05/1995  
Date of Amendment
26/05/1995  
Name of Property
Brithdir Independent Chapel including Low Front Walls, Railings and Gates  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Brithdir and Llanfachreth  
Town
 
Locality
Brithdir  
Easting
276818  
Northing
318722  
Street Side
SE  
Location
Situated on the SE side of the road just to the SW of Brithdir.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
Dated 1860; 4-bay rectangular chapel. Of rough-dressed rubble with dressed slate-stone detailing; shallow-pitched slateroof. Symmetrical front with plain bargeboards returned to give a pedimental effect. Within this an oculus with inscribed plaque: 'Brithdir Independent Chapel, erected 1860.' Single-storey projecting porch below with flat roof and plain entablature. Depressed-arched entrance with plain projecting imposts and shallow rubble pilasters; recessed boarded doors. Flanking round-arched windows with imposts as before and plain cill band; 9-pane fixed glazing with Y heads. Four tall, recessed 8-pane sash windows to the sides with projecting slate cills. Rendered E end wall. Attached to this gable end, a 5-sided single-storey bay, the contemporary school room. Boarded doors to L and R and 12-pane sash windows to the three remaining sides. Off-centre to L, a rubble chimney with modern upper section. Low forecourt walls, slate-coped and with plain decorative iron railings to front. Similar gates to centre and a further gate to churchyard to R.  

Interior
Plain interior with pitch pine pews and dado panelling. Original benches and lectern in school room.  

Reason for designation
A well-proportioned and unaltered mid C19 chapel in a prominentroad-side position.  

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