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
23030
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/03/2000
Date of Amendment
14/12/2004
Name of Property
Sychnant Presbyterian Church and vestry
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
St. Harmon
Town
Rhayader
Locality
Sychnant
Easting
297407
Northing
277429
Street Side
Location
Situated facing NE some 30m W of a junction of a minor road and the B4518 approximately 3km N of Pant-y-dwr.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Calvinistic Methodist chapel and attached vestry in single range, dated 1825. The interior would suggest a date between 1820 and 1850. Renovated 1929, the renovations presumably including the rendering of the front.
Exterior
Long range of chapel and vestry, unpainted stucco with right end slate-hung. Slate eaves roof with red and yellow brick chimney at left end. Chapel occupies about two thirds of facade, to right, with two large 30-pane sashes and two doors, all in plain raised surrounds. Pilaster strips each side, inlaid with dry-dash.
Vestry to left has similar pilaster at angle, one small centre small-paned casement pair above ground floor door and larger casement pair. Raised surrounds. The end wall has small-paned casement pair each floor to left. Rear has two horned 16-pane windows lighting chapel, to left.
Interior
Simple interior with pale painted graining to box pews in 3 blocks. Pews are raked with ramped ends, panelled backs and panelled doors. Similar panelled grained 3-sided set fawr enclosure with 2 pews each side facing pulpit. Side pews have high panelled back as draught screen against doors. Pulpit also painted grained and panelled has canted corners and simple moulded cornice. Door on right side. Plastered two-bay three-sided ceiling with central truss also plastered over.beam.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved early C19 chapel with fine interior including painted box pews and original box-pulpit, the latter a rare survival.
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