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
19374
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/02/1998
Date of Amendment
31/03/2005
Name of Property
Tabernacl Baptist Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Felin-Fach
Town
Brecon
Locality
Maes-y-Berllan
Easting
308599
Northing
233974
Street Side
Location
Approximately 1km NNW of Felinfach on E side of minor road. Set back from road in graveyard with good C19 memorials. Aligned roughly N-S, with entrance facing S.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Bears plaque recording "This Baptist Tabernacle Erected 1st 1746, 2nd 1805, 3rd 1835". The present building dates from 1835, with some early C20 alterations.
Exterior
Roughcast render, slate roof, half-hipped; yellow brick chimney to E. Entrance has central doorway, boarded doors, semi-circular overlight. At first and ground floor levels, 2 round-arched windows with small-pane metal glazing; central plaque recording "This Baptist Tabernacle Erected 1st, 1746, 2nd 1807, 3rd 1835". Left side has two 16-pane sash windows at upper level, two 24-pane sash windows at ground floor level. Rear has 2 round-arched sash windows. Right side has later long parallel vestry with lean-to roof; above this, two 16-pane sash windows.
Interior
Boarded ceiling; U-plan gallery on Roman Doric iron columns, panelled wooden gallery frontal; wooden stairs with classicising newels. Wooden pulpit with barley-sugar balusters and elegant rails, panelled set fawr enclosure. Wooden benches in 3 banks.
Reason for designation
Listed as well-preserved earlier C19 rural chapel.
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