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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