Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cae-Bach Chapel
Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandrindod Wells, Powys, designated on 30 September 1985.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 30 September 1985
- Locality
- Llandrindod Wells
- Community
- Llandrindod Wells
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.25024, -3.37982
- Cadw reference
- 9052
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Reached by a short lane north off Brookland Road leading to Caebach. Chapel set back to the west of this lane at the end of a gated pathway with small graveyard to the front. The ground falls away steeply to rear with River Ithon below.
History
Independent non-conformist chapel founded in 1715 by Rev Thomas Jones of Tetbury.
Exterior
Single-storey rubble building with some hand-made brick dressings to windows. Half-hipped raised slate roof and advanced boarded eaves, timber wall plate and 2 brace plates below. 2 later, c1800 sash windows with glazing bars to front, with ogee-headed timber architraves. Double doors to centre both with 3 panels and set in C19 lightly chamfered frame with timber lintel. Plain rubble left side elevation with plain bargeboards and advanced bracket eaves. Similar right side elevation but with one later ogee-headed window as on front with brick voussoirs and relieving arch above. Rubble rear, 2 brace plates below advanced boarded eaves. One ogee-headed window as on front, with later brick sill; and one flat-headed sash window with cambered brick voussoirs and brick sill.
Early C19 tombstones against right side elevation and front and fine group in graveyard.
Interior
Plastered barrel-vaulted interior retains original fittings but with unusual orientation, semi-octagonal pulpit (now lowered) is situated against the right end wall below the window. The box pews (slightly raked to rear) retain panelling with raised fields; later gallery to rear (against left end wall). Wall monument to Thomas Jones of Tetbury (who died in 1745), dated 1810.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Cae-Bach FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Milestone adjacent to Wenallt / Drws y Coed on Tremont Road (A483)Transportunder 1 mi
- Castell CollenFortunder 1 mi
- Barn at Cwm FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.