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
7179
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
18/12/1985  
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986  
Name of Property
Bethabara Baptist Chapel  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Crickhowell  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
321540  
Northing
218163  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated in a burial ground at the bottom of the street close to Crickhowell Bridge.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Dated 1840.  

Exterior
Plain classical 2-storey chapel, coursed bull-nosed rubble with slate roof and wide boarded eaves. 3-window front, open pedimented gable with inscribed tablet and 2-window side elevations. 16-pane sash glazing throughout, with Gothick intersecting glazing bars to semi-circular heads of 1st floor windows. Classical flat-roofed open porch with plain entablature on timber columns and double 3-panel doors. Disused and in deteriorating condition (particularly to interior) at time of inspection, October 1985. Rubble gate piers and iron railings to front. Later vestry attached to NE end and not of special interest.  

Interior
Retains interior with panel fronted gallery on cast iron columns with bell capitals. Plaster ceiling with ornate centrepiece. Big seat on square platform under tall blind semi-circular recess to rear wall. Pews canted towards platform.  

Reason for designation
Group value.  

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