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
26856
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/08/2002
Date of Amendment
23/08/2002
Name of Property
Nazareth Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Penrhyndeudraeth
Town
Locality
Penrhyndeudraeth
Easting
260920
Northing
339254
Street Side
Location
Set against the slope of the hill which defines the northern half of the town, located immediately below the Ffestiniog Railway line; the chapel stands behind a narrow rubble-walled forecourt with its sloped cemetry in front.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Nazareth was the first chapel in the community to be built by the Calvinistic Methodists; they had established a congregation here in 1770 and erected their first purpose-built chapel in 1777. This was replaced by the present building in 1839 which itself was remodelled at the end of the C19 when it received its classical facade. The chapel shown on the second edition O.S. map of 1901 (surveyed 1899); disused at time of survey.
Exterior
Imposing town chapel in Victorian classical style. Of rendered rubble construction with slate roof, the facade of snecked, quarry dressed blocks with grey limestone dressings. Symmetrical showpiece facade of six bays, with the central pair slightly advanced. Bays 2 and 5, flanking the advanced central pair, have entrances with classical open porches; square pillars carry entablatures with shallow surmounting pediments; 6-panel doors with 3-pane overlights. Tall arched windows to each bay, those above the entrances squatter; moulded archivolts with keys and imposts to the central pair, otherwise quoined. Similar quoins to the corners. Classical balustrade and cornice with central and outer urn finials, the central ones flanking a recessed rectangular stone inscribed `Nazareth.' 8-pane fixed glazing to 2-light windows throughout.
Roughcast 4-bay rear elevation, with 4-pane sashes to two floors, with marginal glazing. The right-hand bay has a single-storey projecting boilerhouse with slate roof.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early Victorian town chapel with well-composed late Victorian classical facade, retaining good unaltered character.
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