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Penlan Chapel

Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 28 July 1989.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Penlan Chapel, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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