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.
Date of Designation
24/02/1997
Date of Amendment
24/02/1997
Name of Property
Capel Ebenezer
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Location
Situated at E end of Llangybi village on S side of A 485.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Independent chapel of 1834, with gallery of c1860, repaired in 1890. Congregation grew from one formed in the late C17, first chapel here was of 1772.
Exterior
Unpainted render with slate roof and flat boarded eaves. Lateral facade of two arched windows with small-paned glazing and Gothick intersecting bars in head. Plaque between windows and plain outer doors, double 2-panel. 12-pane gallery light to each end wall.
Interior
C20 cladding to three-sided ceiling. Attractive three-sided gallery of c1860 with grained front panelled in vertical panels over a cornice with wide-spaced paired brackets. Three iron columns made by T. Bright of Carmarthen. 1890 pews, plain pulpit with canted front, plaster arch behind.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 chapel retaining its character including the attractive mid C19 gallery.
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