Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23029
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/03/2000
Date of Amendment
28/10/2005
Name of Property
Sion Baptist Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Maescar
Town
Brecon
Locality
Sennybridge
Easting
291956
Northing
228513
Street Side
Location
Situated on the E side of Sennybridge on the S side of the A40 some 100m W of the bridge over the Afon Senni.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Baptist chapel of 1859 being converted to a house 2005.
Exterior
Chapel, rock-faced squared rubble stone with slate eaves roof. Square plan, overall roof covers rear vestry, flat eaves. Lateral facade of 2 pointed outer doors and 2 pointed centre windows, with plaque between 'Sion Baptist Chapel Built 1859'. Windows have tooled sandstone voussoirs, stone sills and wooden Y-tracery with small-paned sashes to lights. Doors are plain boarded with Y-tracery in pointed overlights. Rendered gabled porches with pointed arched entries and plain bargeboards, probably added. Rendered W end, rubble stone E end with off-centre pointed window, with later C19 glazing. Rear overgrown with ivy. Door to basement at left side of E end wall.
Interior
Interior reconstructed as house.
Reason for designation
Included as a good surviving Baptist Chapel of 1859 with striking Gothic lateral facade having original glazing. Unusual square plan allowing chapel and vestry under a single roof.
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