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
23029
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/03/2000
Date of Amendment
28/10/2005
Name of Property
Sion Baptist Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Maescar
Town
Brecon
Locality
Sennybridge
Easting
291956
Northing
228513
Street Side
Location
Situated on the E side of Sennybridge on the S side of the A40 some 100m W of the bridge over the Afon Senni.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Baptist chapel of 1859 being converted to a house 2005.
Exterior
Chapel, rock-faced squared rubble stone with slate eaves roof. Square plan, overall roof covers rear vestry, flat eaves. Lateral facade of 2 pointed outer doors and 2 pointed centre windows, with plaque between 'Sion Baptist Chapel Built 1859'. Windows have tooled sandstone voussoirs, stone sills and wooden Y-tracery with small-paned sashes to lights. Doors are plain boarded with Y-tracery in pointed overlights. Rendered gabled porches with pointed arched entries and plain bargeboards, probably added. Rendered W end, rubble stone E end with off-centre pointed window, with later C19 glazing. Rear overgrown with ivy. Door to basement at left side of E end wall.
Interior
Interior reconstructed as house.
Reason for designation
Included as a good surviving Baptist Chapel of 1859 with striking Gothic lateral facade having original glazing. Unusual square plan allowing chapel and vestry under a single roof.
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