Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Vestry at Beulah Chapel
Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 25 April 2000
- Locality
- Tollgate Park
- Town
- Port Talbot
- Community
- Margam
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57259, -3.75647
- Cadw reference
- 23282
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
Located in Tollgate Park immediately N of Beulah Chapel and almost adjoining.
History
The vestry is contemporary with Beulah Chapel. Formerly located in the village of Groes, designed by the architect Edward Haycock in 1838. Shown in old photographs of Groes adjacent to the chapel. The village was affected by the M4 motorway in 1974 and the chapel, vestry, and gates were taken down and subsequently rebuilt in Tollgate Park in 1976.
Exterior
Single-storey 3-window range orientated E-W. Constructed of rubble stone with quoins under a slate roof. Stone end stack to E. Gabled porch to W with planked door to S side under a stone lintel, and single light window to W. Three-light windows to each side with heavy stone lintels and stone sills. Wooden windows with horizontal glazing bar and iron opening handles.
Interior
Entrance vestibule with planked doors. The interior is open with a stage at the E end. The fireplace is blocked. The rafters are partially visible beneath the ceiling.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Beulah Chapel and the gates and railings.
Nearby in the register
- Beulah Calvinistic Methodist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gates, Piers and Railings at Beulah ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milepost at Tollgate ParkTransportunder 1 mi
- Chain Home Low Radar Station, MargamRadar Stationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.