Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Capel Bethel, with vestry and front railed forecourt
Llanegryn, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanegryn, Tywyn, Gwynedd, designated on 26 July 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 26 July 2000
- Locality
- Llanegryn
- Town
- Tywyn
- Community
- Llanegryn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.62846, -4.06765
- Cadw reference
- 23760
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 149 Barmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The chapel is at the E end of the village, connected to Capel Ebenezer by vestries forming a long facade.
History
Capel Bethel was added to the Capel Ebenezer vestry in 1867, to provide for the Calvinistic Methodists of the area.
Exterior
The chapel is built of stone and pebbledashed, with end channelled pilasters and a slate roof. Tripartite facade, with a central entrance, a round-headed doorway with a moulded architrave on consoles rising to a keystone. To either side, large round-headed windows with similar architraved heads and bracketed sills. Above a string at the base of the gable is a small keyed roundel carrying the name and date of building.
The narrow front forecourt is railed consisting of round cast iron stanchions with pointed terminals and intermediate rails with alternating cross javelin heads. The railings continue in front of the vestries as far as the railings of Capel Ebenezer.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as a typical unpretentious country chapel forming part of an unusual group with Capel Ebenezer and vestries.
Nearby in the register
- Capel Ebenezer, with vestry and front railed forecourtReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Monument to Parch. Hugh OwenCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Rhine CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Tynewydd, adjoining Rhine CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.