Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tabor Eglwys Presbyteriadd Cymru
Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Maesteg, Bridgend, designated on 7 August 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 7 August 1990
- Locality
- Maesteg
- Town
- Maesteg
- Community
- Maesteg
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.60668, -3.65588
- Cadw reference
- 11367
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1907 · 248 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located prominently in the S part of Commercial Street, elevated, with the gable front to the street.
History
Designed by the well-known chapel architect, W. Beddoe Rees of Cardiff, and built in 1907-8 by Lewis Williams, contractor, to replace an earlier chapel of the Calvinist Methodist community built on the same site in 1840. It is known locally as the place where the Welsh National Anthem was first sung.
Exterior
Built in coursed grey rubble with Pennant stone dressings. Slate roof. The front elevation is raised, behind a railed enclosing wall. In a rich Beaux Arts style. Wide central gabled bay with narrower side bays, articulated by rusticated pilasters. Central entrance; a pair of doors set in concave jambs, in a channelled rusticated base, and under a semi-circular modillioned canopy, rising from squat Ionic-derived columns with pronounced entasis and a pulvinating frieze. The spandril is rusticated radially, with a pronounced key stone, and is inscribed TABOR, with MC on the key. To either side, 6-paned architraved windows and dentilled cornices. The side bays have 18-pane sash windows within architraves and exaggerated cornice with keystone. The upper level of the elevation has paired central round-headed windows rising into the modillioned pediment, and a continuous line of paned windows divided by Ionic type columns as the door below, but reduced in scale and carrying a deep plain architrave and modillion cornice. The pilasters have ineffable carved decoration at the top. The front of the chapel returns by one bay at the ends. Sides rendered, with paned windows.
The front forecourt is raised on a rock-faced stone retaining wall and carries iron railings with decorative stanchions. Gates to steps at each end.
Sunday School and Vestry to rear, with hipped roof and margin glazed windows.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection January 1997.
Reason for designation
Included as a major chapel design of this nationally important chapel architect, author of 'Chapel Building'.
Nearby in the register
- Catholic Church of Our Lady and St PatrickReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Colonel North Memorial HallRecreationalunder 1 mi
- Neuadd y Dref (Town Hall )Civilunder 1 mi
- Post OfficeCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.