Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Capel Caerfarchell & Outbuilding to NE corner of Forecourt
St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Caerfarchell, St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, designated on 28 July 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1992
- Locality
- Caerfarchell
- Community
- St. David's and the Cathedral Close
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.89780, -5.20685
- Cadw reference
- 12664
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 209 St David's (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in centre of village, on western side of lane, set back in walled forecourt.
Exterior
1827. Calvinistic Methodist chapel in rubble stone with hipped slate low-pitched roof. Lateral facade of two round-arched small-paned windows with radiating stone voussoirs to centre and two outer 6-panel doors. Doors have slightly cambered voussoirs and the four upper panels fielded. Between the windows a nicely lettered plaque 'Adeiladwyd gyntaf yn y flwyddyn 1763. Ail adeiladwyd yn y flwyddyn 1827'.
S end wall is slate hung with 12-pane sash below and window above. Rear has three upper windows and two 12-pane sashes with brick heads below. N end has one upper window and lean-to schoolroom with roughcast front dated 1932.
Front courtyard: enclosed by low rubble walls with white rubble capping and purple ashlar gatepiers with stepped caps and granite egg finials.
At NE angle of forecourt is attached single storey rubble stone outbuilding with grouted slate roof, E gable and double doors and W end brick stack. Rounded SW angle. Included for group value with chapel.
Interior
Fine interior: five-sided panel-fronted gallery on four slim wooden columns. Ceiling with wooden panelling, said to be of 1912. Pews with scrolled arm-rests to bench ends and three-sided pulpit with columned and arched panels and ramped handrails to flanking steps. Gallery has panelled benches, some with fielded panelling said to be re-used from earlier chapel. Boxed ventilators on gallery window sills.
Reason for designation
A fine example of an early C19 chapel, the principle building in Caerfarchell and of historic importance in the history of Methodism in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Y Post/The Old Post OfficeDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Manse, including Pigsty attached at N.EndDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding to rear of Caerfarchell FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Caer Farchell Farmhouse, including rear court with seatDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.