Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sion Baptist Chapel
Maescar, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 21 March 2000
- Locality
- Sennybridge
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Maescar
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94459, -3.57330
- Cadw reference
- 23029
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the E side of Sennybridge on the S side of the A40 some 100m W of the bridge over the Afon Senni.
History
Baptist chapel of 1859 being converted to a house 2005.
Exterior
Chapel, rock-faced squared rubble stone with slate eaves roof. Square plan, overall roof covers rear vestry, flat eaves. Lateral facade of 2 pointed outer doors and 2 pointed centre windows, with plaque between 'Sion Baptist Chapel Built 1859'. Windows have tooled sandstone voussoirs, stone sills and wooden Y-tracery with small-paned sashes to lights. Doors are plain boarded with Y-tracery in pointed overlights. Rendered gabled porches with pointed arched entries and plain bargeboards, probably added. Rendered W end, rubble stone E end with off-centre pointed window, with later C19 glazing. Rear overgrown with ivy. Door to basement at left side of E end wall.
Interior
Interior reconstructed as house.
Reason for designation
Included as a good surviving Baptist Chapel of 1859 with striking Gothic lateral facade having original glazing. Unusual square plan allowing chapel and vestry under a single roof.
Nearby in the register
- Castle HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Milestone outside Milestone CottageTransportunder 1 mi
- Castell-Du, SennybridgeCastleunder 1 mi
- Maespoeth HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.