TreeAlive
‹ Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales, Wales

Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales

Ty Rhos Chapel

Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Rhos Hill, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, designated on 15 April 1994.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Ty Rhos Chapel, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Date of designation
15 April 1994
Town
Rhos Hill
Community
Cilgerran
Unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.03658, -4.63306
Cadw reference
14532

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 193 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Get directions ↗

This record in Cadw's own full report ↗

Cadw's description

Location

Situated on W side of road from Cilgerran to Rhos Hill, some 2km S of Cilgerran.

Exterior

1859 Independent chapel, in rubble stone with cut Cilgerran stone dressings, slate roof and paired brackets to eaves. Gable-fronted two-storey three-bay elevation, with arched small-paned windows above, cambered-headed 16-pane sashes below and centre arched doorway with double 4-panel doors and radiating-bar fanlight. All the window heads are in cut stone, recessed with raised keystones. Slate sills. The gable has paired brackets, later C20 render and a small keyed roundel in cut stone. Over the door is a roundel plaque 'Tyrhos Congregational Chapel Built AD 1815 Rebuilt AD 1859'. Three-window rendered side walls with similar windows.

1881 front spearhead rails on low coped wall with gateway of two plain slate piers with pyramid caps. Double gates with wrought iron scrolls and spearheads.

Old photographs show the whole front stuccoed.

Interior

Three-sided gallery on 3x3 marbled columns, raised above the level of the pews, the gallery front high and vertically panelled. Pine pews. Plain great seat. Arched recess behind the balustraded pulpit. Lobby has a traceried centre window with coloured glass panes, gallery stairs in angles.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
All Religious, Ritual and Funerary in Pembrokeshire All Unitary authority Pembrokeshire records All Wales Heritage registers Historical markers (US)National Register of Historic Places (US)
See your own family's places on a living map