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
14238
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
02/03/1994  
Date of Amendment
02/03/1994  
Name of Property
Capel Iwan (including front railings and gates)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Cenarth  
Town
 
Locality
Capel Iwan  
Easting
228967  
Northing
236279  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated in the centre of Capel Iwan village.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
1846 Independent chapel, coursed grey stone with cut stone voussoirs, bracketed eaves and hipped slate roof. Lateral facade with plinth and two large arched centre windows, two arched doors with C20 fanlights and two arched outer gallery lights. Windows all have late C19 2-light and roundel tracery and concrete sills. Doors are C20 ledged. Between centre windows is plaque 'Capel Iwan Adeiladwyd 1723, Ailadeiladwyd 1795, 1846, Atgyweiriwyd 1883, 1955'. One window each floor to each end wall, and rear late C19 or early C20 roughcast vestry addition with N end brick stack. Front courtyard enclosed by late C19 low iron rails on rubble wall. Main S gates with yellow brick piers and scrolled ironwork. Plainer E side gates.  

Interior
Apparently of 1883 with flat panelled ceiling, three-sided gallery on five iron columns, the gallery angles curved and the gallery-front of pitch-pine with continuous band of pierced cast-iron scrollwork. Pulpit with 3-arch front and steps each side, pitch-pine pews.  

Reason for designation
 

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