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
23282
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/04/2000
Date of Amendment
25/04/2000
Name of Property
Vestry at Beulah Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Margam
Town
Port Talbot
Locality
Tollgate Park
Easting
278370
Northing
187431
Street Side
E
Location
Located in Tollgate Park immediately N of Beulah Chapel and almost adjoining.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The vestry is contemporary with Beulah Chapel. Formerly located in the village of Groes, designed by the architect Edward Haycock in 1838. Shown in old photographs of Groes adjacent to the chapel. The village was affected by the M4 motorway in 1974 and the chapel, vestry, and gates were taken down and subsequently rebuilt in Tollgate Park in 1976.
Exterior
Single-storey 3-window range orientated E-W. Constructed of rubble stone with quoins under a slate roof. Stone end stack to E. Gabled porch to W with planked door to S side under a stone lintel, and single light window to W. Three-light windows to each side with heavy stone lintels and stone sills. Wooden windows with horizontal glazing bar and iron opening handles.
Interior
Entrance vestibule with planked doors. The interior is open with a stage at the E end. The fireplace is blocked. The rafters are partially visible beneath the ceiling.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Beulah Chapel and the gates and railings.
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