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
18502
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/07/1997
Date of Amendment
14/07/1997
Name of Property
Church of St David, and surrounding churchyard railed wall.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Maesteg
Town
Maesteg
Locality
Maesteg
Easting
285338
Northing
191367
Street Side
SE
Location
The church is set in a small graveyard on the corner of Talbot Street and Castle Street, at the centre of Maesteg.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built by Egbert Moxham of Neath in 1852-3 as a chapel of ease for Llangynwyd parish church, to provide more convenient orthodox anglican service for the growing community of Maesteg.
Exterior
Constructed in snecked local Pennant sandstone, with a slate roof. Nave of 3 bays, chancel with lean-to side chambers slightly shorter, and a gabled N porch. Early English lancet style. The W front, facing Talbot Street, has 3 tall lancets between buttresses, and an oculus in the gable, which extends upwards as a tall elegant buttressed bellcote. N porch has moulded outer arch on nook shafts. Nave has pairs of lancets to each bay, spaced apart in the eastern bay. The E chancel has 3 stepped lancets on the E wall, with oculus over. A trefoil light is in the E nave wall, over the chancel roof.
Interior
Open trussed rafter roof, and moulded chancel arch. Tub font at W end, opposite the N door.
Reason for designation
Included as a simply designed chapel in a conspicuous position, one of a group of listed buildings at the centre of Maesteg.
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