Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4489
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/07/1989
Date of Amendment
28/07/1989
Name of Property
Penlan Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pwllheli
Town
Locality
Pwllheli
Easting
237409
Northing
335103
Street Side
Location
Set back near the bottom of the hill, above the road; hall elevation to Mitre Place.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built 1863, hall added after 1889 (not shown on 1st edition OS map); renovated in 1960 and again in 1988.
Exterior
Classical 3-bay open pedimented front; painted render and with emphasised giant order Doric pilasters; stepped out entablature and other detail. Slate roof with small gabled ventilators. Rusticated giant arch rises to the centre over corbelled datestone. Venetian derived central window with round arched heads, keystones and pilasters and large bases dropping below cill. Moulded architrave’s to tall outer windows. Similar detail to central entrance with panelled double doors.
5-bay left hand side with similar windows set in shallow recesses. The hall range extends by 1 bay to left side. The windows on the right hand side are small pane.
Interior
Rectangular galleries interior with readied timber columns and boarded panels to gallery front; raked seating. Panelled ceiling with ornate roses. Paired fluted pilasters to organ chamber arch with sunburst. Similar decoration to hall with 4-bay boarded ceiling; fluted pilasters.
Reason for designation
Group value with Nos 16 to 20 Gaol Street.
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