Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Capel Bethesda
Ceulanamaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 19 September 1997
- Locality
- Cwm Tynant
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Ceulanamaesmawr
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.47900, -3.92484
- Cadw reference
- 18881
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in stone-walled yard in valley of the Cyneiniog some 4 km E of Talybont, on minor lane to Ty-nant Farm.
History
Small Independent chapel built c1855 for a congregation formed c1807 that held a Sunday School successively at Cwmere Bach, Winllan and Tynant. The chapel is said to have cost £70.
Exterior
Rubble stone with slate roof and paired brackets to eaves. Lateral facade of two large 4-pane sashes and two outer ledged doors, stone voussoirs and slate sills. Framed, ledged doors. Corrugated iron cladding to W end wall. Two small-paned 16-pane rear windows.
Interior
Plain interior without galleries. Boarded curved ceiling. Pulpit with thin balusters to steps, plain front with turned angle balusters. Panelled back. Three rows of raked pews. Balustraded back to set fawr. Two internal porches.
Reason for designation
One of the best surviving examples of the small rural chapels that served the remote valleys of Cardiganshire.
Nearby in the register
- Standing Stone c.280m E of TygwynStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- DolgarnwenDomesticunder 1 mi
- AlltgochymynyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pen Dinas CampHillfort1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.