Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Chapel and Manse at Fynhonnau
Llannefydd, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 15 May 1998
- Locality
- Plas Harri
- Community
- Llannefydd
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22075, -3.55011
- Cadw reference
- 19866
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 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on a rise approximately 1.5km W of Llannefydd village and some 300m SE of the Plas Harri crossroads.
History
Calvinistic-Methodist Chapel founded in 1795; the chapel was rebuilt in 1826 and again in 1861, at which date the adjoining manse (now empty) was added.
Exterior
Rectangular chapel of local rubble with roughly-squared quoins and finely-tooled limestone dressings to the openings; slate roof with plain bargeboards and slate-hung sides. Symmetrical facade with arched outer entrances and tall paired central windows, similarly arched. The entrances have C20 boarded doors with segmental fanlights; the windows have 24-pane sash windows with segmental heads and projecting stone sills. In the centre, between the windows, is an inset sandstone dedication plaque recording the dates of foundation and alteration. Three further sash windows to the rear (E) gable, with segmental heads; 12-pane upper and 9-pane lower sections, with modern secondary glazing to the exterior.
Adjoining to the R and flush with the chapel is the 2-bay, 2-storey manse; construction as before. Entrance to L with boarded door and segmental head; 3-part overlight. Modern window to segmental opening at R and a further modern window to the first floor above.
The chapel stands behind slate-coped rubble forecourt walls with Art Nouveau-style decorative railings surmounting the lower front walls; central Art Nouveau gate and close cobbled forecourt pavement.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special socio-historic interest as a mid C19 rural chapel and attached manse retaining good external character.
Nearby in the register
- Plas HarriDomesticunder 1 mi
- Brewhouse and Piggeries at Plas HarriIndustrialunder 1 mi
- L-shaped Barn at Plas HarriAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Stable and Carthouse Range at Plas HarriAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.