Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18234
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/02/1997
Date of Amendment
17/02/1997
Name of Property
Capel Soar
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llanddoged and Maenan
Town
Locality
Llanddoged
Easting
280769
Northing
363582
Street Side
Location
Situated on an elevated site at the southern edge of Llanddoged village, some 50m SE of the Llanddoged school; set back within a railed forecourt with rubble revettment walls to the sides.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Exterior
Simple rectangular chapel, built in 1863; of snecked, rough-dressed rubble under a medium-pitched slate roof. Symmetrical front with plain gable and bargeboards. Arched outer entrances with panelled double doors and segmental fans with marginal glazing. Twin tall, central windows with multi-pane sashes including marginal glazing; above, a stone dedication plaque inscribed: 'Soar Addoldy Y Bedyddwyr 1863'. 3-bay sides with tall, recessed 18-pane sash windows with projecting slate cills; scribed, rendered S side, rubble N side. The SW gable is plain and pebbledashed.
Interior
Plain interior with pine box pews raked towards the rear; pulpit at entrance end with internal boarded porches. Plain plaster cornice with central ceiling rose.
Reason for designation
An unusually good example of an unaltered mid Victorian village chapel in a commanding position.
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