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
29/03/2000
Date of Amendment
30/01/2004
Name of Property
Piers and railings to Bethania Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Location
Situated in the centre of Glynneath, on the S side of High Street set back in forecourt with iron rails on low stone walls with 4 stone piers.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Forecourt walls and railings to Calvinistic Methodist chapel of 1905.
Exterior
Forecourt walls and railings, in 2 lengths each side of centre gates. Rock-faced rubble stone low walls with red sandstone ashlar coping and low iron rails, with some wrought iron scroll-work panels between plain sections. Four squared rock-faced stone piers with red stone pyramid caps, the inner pair with cast-iron lamp-holders and paired gates. Gates have lower dog-bars and upper scroll-work.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the contemporary chapel.
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