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.
Date of Designation
25/02/1999
Date of Amendment
25/02/1999
Name of Property
Tawelfan
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn
Location
Situated immediately S of Cynghordy viaduct.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Chapel house and vestry to Calvinistic Methodist chapel of 1844, added in 1922 to designs by J O Parry of Ammanford. Chapel founded as a branch of Salem, Cilycwm.
Exterior
House to left, chapel to right in single range, unpainted roughcast with slate roof. Roughcast chimney to left. House has arched windows with small panes to upper sash, plate glass lower sash, three windows above, two below alternated with two panelled doors under flat hoods apparently of concrete. Right door has no window above, but 1922 date in raised numerals. House rear similar to front - three arched windows above three ground floor sashes, with door to right of centre. House and chapel have whitewashed rubble walls to graveyard and front garden.
Reason for designation
Listed as part of the group that includes Capel Gosen and the massive viaduct behind.
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