Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
9395
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
12/12/2003
Name of Property
Capel Bigawdin
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanddarog
Town
Locality
Porthyrhyd
Easting
251155
Northing
214714
Street Side
Location
Attached to a field wall S of Wern-las Farm, approximately 2km SE of Llanddarog village.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
A medieval well chapel mainly of C16 date.
Exterior
Small ruined chapel with a stream flowing through it. Walls are rubble stone, stand to full height in the W and E walls, which retain putlog holes, to half its original height in the N wall, while the S wall acts as a retaining wall to a steep bank. A pointed W doorway is double chamfered. Above it is a 2-light square-headed window with chamfered mullions, in C16 style. A gabled bellcote has partly fallen. Inside, the W wall has a corbelled niche upper-R of the doorway. The N wall also has a small corbelled niche. The E wall retains a window opening but the dressings have been removed.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* for its exceptional historical interest as a medieval chapel built over a holy well.
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