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
20822
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/11/1998
Date of Amendment
10/11/1998
Name of Property
Capel Talsarn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanddeusant
Town
Llangadog
Locality
Talsarn
Easting
277847
Northing
226076
Street Side
Location
Situated in Talsarn village on N side of road some 500m E of Cross Inn crossroads.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Calvinistic Methodist chapel of 1860, founded from Twynllanan chapel.
Exterior
Chapel, blue-painted stucco with slate close-eaved roof. Long-wall facade of six openings, 4 long narrow small-paned sash windows with pointed heads, the two centre windows close together with date plaque between, the two outer windows outside of the 2 doors. C20 doors in tall pointed-arched recesses, blank heads. W end has slate-hung gable and added roughcast outbuilding with outside steps to first floor board door and 12-pane sash. Ground floor boarded centre window, plank door and pre 1901 letterbox marked VR. E end wall has 16-pane sash with stone voussoirs to head. Rear wall has 2 long 12-pane windows.
Interior
Painted grained pews in three blocks, 6 rows raked steeply up to back wall, 2 rows each side of pulpit and great seat. Seat in front of pulpit and then larger enclosure behind. Pulpit with turned baluster angles, and similar turned angles to platform. Simple ceiling rose.
Reason for designation
Included as a chapel with a distinctive simple gothic front and an unaltered interior with raked box pews.
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