Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14532
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/04/1994
Date of Amendment
15/04/1994
Name of Property
Ty Rhos Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Cilgerran
Town
Rhos Hill
Locality
Easting
219493
Northing
240849
Street Side
Location
Situated on W side of road from Cilgerran to Rhos Hill, some 2km S of Cilgerran.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Exterior
1859 Independent chapel, in rubble stone with cut Cilgerran stone dressings, slate roof and paired brackets to eaves. Gable-fronted two-storey three-bay elevation, with arched small-paned windows above, cambered-headed 16-pane sashes below and centre arched doorway with double 4-panel doors and radiating-bar fanlight. All the window heads are in cut stone, recessed with raised keystones. Slate sills. The gable has paired brackets, later C20 render and a small keyed roundel in cut stone. Over the door is a roundel plaque 'Tyrhos Congregational Chapel Built AD 1815 Rebuilt AD 1859'. Three-window rendered side walls with similar windows.
1881 front spearhead rails on low coped wall with gateway of two plain slate piers with pyramid caps. Double gates with wrought iron scrolls and spearheads.
Old photographs show the whole front stuccoed.
Interior
Three-sided gallery on 3x3 marbled columns, raised above the level of the pews, the gallery front high and vertically panelled. Pine pews. Plain great seat. Arched recess behind the balustraded pulpit. Lobby has a traceried centre window with coloured glass panes, gallery stairs in angles.
Reason for designation
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