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
22864
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/02/2000
Date of Amendment
25/02/2000
Name of Property
Nazareth Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Tonna
Town
Locality
Tonna
Easting
277146
Northing
198800
Street Side
S
Location
On the S side of the main B4434 through the village on the E side of the junction with School Road, and set back from the main road behind a railed forecourt.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built in 1881 (date on building) as a Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. It is now Welsh Presbyterian.
Exterior
Classical-style chapel with a 3-bay front of snecked, rock-faced stone and slate roof. Well-proportioned front has 2 tiers of round-headed openings, taller in the upper tier, all of which have keystones and sash windows with margin glazing. The double panelled doors are beneath an overlight with radial glazing, etched glass and coloured margin lights. Above, the central bay has a Venetian window, of which the narrow flanking lights have pediments. The pedimented gable has a shield bearing the date of the chapel in engraved letters, above which is a pair of round-headed windows below the apex. A string course between the 2 tiers of openings continues around the 3-window R side wall. This is pebble-dashed, has an upper tier of round-headed windows replaced in earlier openings, and sashes below. A moulded eaves cornice continues the moulding of the pediment to the front. The L side wall is rubble stone with sash windows similar to the R side. The rear wall is roughcast with a narrower lower single-storey gabled vestry attached.
Interior
The vestibule has a glass panel set opposite the doorway with coloured and etched glass, and has a floor of coloured decorative tiles. The main chapel has a moulded ceiling cornice and an elaborate ceiling rose set in a boarded frame. A 3-sided raked gallery is carried on fluted cast iron columns with foliage capitals, and has a panelled gallery front. The numbered pews have shaped ends. The pulpit is panelled and has steps L and R with turned balusters and square newels. Behind the pulpit is a reredos consisting of fluted pilasters, consoles and a round arch with keystone, enriched with classical mouldings.
Reason for designation
Listed for architectural interest as a well-designed chapel in a prominent location, retaining very good internal detail.
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