Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Capel Ebenezer
Llangybi, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangybi, Lampeter, Ceredigion, designated on 24 February 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 24 February 1997
- Locality
- Llangybi
- Town
- Lampeter
- Community
- Llangybi
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.15991, -4.03297
- Cadw reference
- 18263
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at E end of Llangybi village on S side of A 485.
History
Independent chapel of 1834, with gallery of c1860, repaired in 1890. Congregation grew from one formed in the late C17, first chapel here was of 1772.
Exterior
Unpainted render with slate roof and flat boarded eaves. Lateral facade of two arched windows with small-paned glazing and Gothick intersecting bars in head. Plaque between windows and plain outer doors, double 2-panel. 12-pane gallery light to each end wall.
Interior
C20 cladding to three-sided ceiling. Attractive three-sided gallery of c1860 with grained front panelled in vertical panels over a cornice with wide-spaced paired brackets. Three iron columns made by T. Bright of Carmarthen. 1890 pews, plain pulpit with canted front, plaster arch behind.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 chapel retaining its character including the attractive mid C19 gallery.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St CybiReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pont LlangybiTransportunder 1 mi
- Ffynnon GybiReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box by Glennydd and Ivy Cottage (01570 493319)Communications1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.