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
22805
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/01/2000  
Date of Amendment
31/01/2000  
Name of Property
Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Ebenezer Chapel  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot  
Community
Aberavon  
Town
Port Talbot  
Locality
Aberavon  
Easting
276540  
Northing
190207  
Street Side
 
Location
Bounding the forecourt to Ebenezer Chapel and facing W.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Contemporary with the rebuilding of Ebenezer Chapel in 1880, and probably also by George Morgan of Carmarthen.  

Exterior
Centrally-placed ashlar gate piers with chamfered angles, bases with chamfered top edges and ornate capstones, flanked by low snecked walls with saddleback ashlar copings. These support short iron railings, the uprights with alternating fleur-de-lis and scrolled finials. Open arches with decorated cusped heads between uprights and below top rail. A frieze of small quatrefoils is set between double bottom rails, also with fleur-de-lis finials. Double iron gates to entrance in a similar style, with 3 bands of quatrefoils, the upper ones with finials. Ashlar end piers to match gate piers, with rubble stone walls returning to E and adjoining the chapel. Set in the N face of the S wall is an oval iron plaque inscribed 'ebenezer/ baptist church/ 1836.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for the fine ironwork. Group value with Ebenezer Chapel.  

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