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
1767
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
16/06/1980  
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994  
Name of Property
Pen-y-Bryn Welsh Baptist Chapel  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Wrexham  
Community
Offa  
Town
 
Locality
Pen-y-Bryn  
Easting
333392  
Northing
349983  
Street Side
 
Location
Towards the right-angled turn in the street which links it with Poplar Road.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Originally built in 1789 as a Congregational (Independent) Chapel, and extensively remodelled in 1881.  

Exterior
Stucco over brick with stressed angle quoins and hipped slate roof. Facade expressed as 2 storeys, with wide central pedimented porch. Segmentally arched doorway between pilasters, with narrow round arched side lights. Heavy cornice and central pediment. Round arched windows to either side of the porch in the main body of the chapel, and similar windows above, paired and with steeply arched hood moulds and incised voussoirs. Raised central panel to first floor has triple round arched windows with similar detail, with blind lunettes over and date above. Heavy modillion cornice and blocking course. Round-arched windows in rear elevation to either side of canted projection.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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