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
16871
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/1996
Date of Amendment
30/04/1996
Name of Property
Cefn Bychan Baptist Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Cefn
Town
Locality
Newbridge
Easting
328472
Northing
341503
Street Side
Location
On the corner of Newbridge Road and Cae Gwilym Road, immediately below the railway embankment in a small grassed yard.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The chapel is dated 1825.
Exterior
Roughly coursed and squared rubble, with half-hipped slate roof. Doorway in centre of gable end facing street. Split 4-panelled door with radial glazing to fanlight; inscribed stone over door with date etc. Flanking 16-pane sash windows with tooled wedge lintels, and 2 similar windows in each return elevation. School room to right is a single storeyed, 2-window range, with similar 16-pane sashes. Chimney in its brick-built gable end.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a virtually unaltered early C19 chapel of fine vernacular character.
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