Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penlan Chapel
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1989
- Locality
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Pwllheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.88873, -4.41810
- Cadw reference
- 4489
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set back near the bottom of the hill, above the road; hall elevation to Mitre Place.
History
Built 1863, hall added after 1889 (not shown on 1st edition OS map); renovated in 1960 and again in 1988.
Exterior
Classical 3-bay open pedimented front; painted render and with emphasised giant order Doric pilasters; stepped out entablature and other detail. Slate roof with small gabled ventilators. Rusticated giant arch rises to the centre over corbelled datestone. Venetian derived central window with round arched heads, keystones and pilasters and large bases dropping below cill. Moulded architrave’s to tall outer windows. Similar detail to central entrance with panelled double doors.
5-bay left hand side with similar windows set in shallow recesses. The hall range extends by 1 bay to left side. The windows on the right hand side are small pane.
Interior
Rectangular galleries interior with readied timber columns and boarded panels to gallery front; raked seating. Panelled ceiling with ornate roses. Paired fluted pilasters to organ chamber arch with sunburst. Similar decoration to hall with 4-bay boarded ceiling; fluted pilasters.
Reason for designation
Group value with Nos 16 to 20 Gaol Street.
Nearby in the register
- Penlan Chapel HallReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- T.N.WilliamsCommercialunder 1 mi
- AlcatrazDomesticunder 1 mi
- 16 Gaol StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.