Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18881
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/09/1997
Date of Amendment
19/09/1997
Name of Property
Capel Bethesda
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Ceulanamaesmawr
Town
Aberystwyth
Locality
Cwm Tynant
Easting
269373
Northing
288528
Street Side
Location
Situated in stone-walled yard in valley of the Cyneiniog some 4 km E of Talybont, on minor lane to Ty-nant Farm.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Small Independent chapel built c1855 for a congregation formed c1807 that held a Sunday School successively at Cwmere Bach, Winllan and Tynant. The chapel is said to have cost £70.
Exterior
Rubble stone with slate roof and paired brackets to eaves. Lateral facade of two large 4-pane sashes and two outer ledged doors, stone voussoirs and slate sills. Framed, ledged doors. Corrugated iron cladding to W end wall. Two small-paned 16-pane rear windows.
Interior
Plain interior without galleries. Boarded curved ceiling. Pulpit with thin balusters to steps, plain front with turned angle balusters. Panelled back. Three rows of raked pews. Balustraded back to set fawr. Two internal porches.
Reason for designation
One of the best surviving examples of the small rural chapels that served the remote valleys of Cardiganshire.
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