19104

 

II  

Designated  

05/12/1997  

05/12/1997  

Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel  

 

Flintshire  

Leeswood and Pontblyddyn  

 

Leeswood  

326887  

360104  

W  

Situated at the corner of Oak Park and King Street, set back slightly from the road and behind low brick walls mounted with iron railings.  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

 

Built in 1865 as detached chapel, enlarged in the later C19 by the addition of a Sunday School wing.  

Rectangular chapel with 3-bay pedimented façade facing street brown brick, ashlar quoins now painted white, pedimented gable with inserted datestone 'AD 1865'. Moulded stone cornice, slate roof. Central double doorway with ashlar architrave painted white. Window to either side with similar ashlar architrave. Frosted glazing with margin lights and coloured glass. Ashlar string course with 3 windows above, similar to those below. Side elevations of rubble stone construction each with 5 windows with glazing pattern similar to front elevation.  

Simple classical interior without gallery. Entrance porch contains 2 doors into main chapel. Pitch pine pews with 2 side aisles facing centrally placed 'set fawr' above which is a recessed arch with moulded architrave finished by decorative plaster consoles. 'Set fawr' platform surrounded by carved wooden balustrading. All windows have distinctive detailing including moulded cornice with consoles. Window jambs are decorated with slim plaster architrave finished at the cill level with a plasterwork classical female head. Ceiling subdivided in to 5 sections each containing decorative ceiling rose.  

Listed as a well preserved and interesting example of a mid C19 chapel.