Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gates, gate piers and railings to forecourt of Ebenezer Methodist Church
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 31 March 1983.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 31 March 1983
- Locality
- Caernarfon
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13887, -4.27328
- Cadw reference
- 3851
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Fronting the street on the corner with Wesley Street.
History
Capel Ebenezer was built in 1826 by John Lloyd. The gates and railings were added c1875 by when the entrance portico was added to the chapel front and were therefore probably designed by Richard Davies, architect of Bangor. The gates are shown on the 1888 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Comprising central double gates flanked by single gates. Square freestone piers have projecting pyramidal caps. The iron gates have scrollwork to the dog bars, arcading below the top rail, and trident finials. Outer railings in a similar style are mounted on dwarf walls. The L side terminates with a square pier similar to the gate piers. The R side abuts a rubble-stone boundary wall.
Reason for designation
Listed as well-detailed C19 gates and railings and for group value with the church.
Nearby in the register
- Ebenezer Methodist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 11 Segontium Terrace, including forecourt railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Courtenay's BistroDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Albert InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.