Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Capel Trisant
Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 21 January 1964
- Locality
- Capel Trisant
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Pontarfynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.36478, -3.88571
- Cadw reference
- 9868
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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
At the E end of the hamlet of Capel Trisant approximately 0.5km NW of Llyn Frongoch.
History
Calvinistic Methodist chapel dated 1850, the combination of outer doors and paired arched centre windows shows the tradition of lateral-fronted chapels remaining where the chapel is gable-fronted. Large near square interior with painted grained raked pews and no gallery, typical of N. Ceredigion.
Exterior
Chapel, unpainted rendered walls with slated roof and bracketed eaves. Large gable front with brackets to verge, two large arched centre windows with 20-pane glazing below Gothic intersecting bars in arched heads. Two plain square-headed outer doorways with board doors. Slate arch-headed plaque in gable rearing 'Capel Tri Saint a adeiladwyd yn y flwyddyn 1820 a ail adeiladwyd yn y flwyddyn 1850'. Right side wall has two square-headed 24-pane sashes. Rear wall has two similar sashes and overhanging verges to gable. Left side wall has one similar window behind attached range.
To left of chapel is rendered low house or vestry range with slate roof and stone stack on ridge to left. Two storeys with board door to right, 12-pane sash to left and small casement pair to first floor left under eaves. Rear has casement pair over small 12-pane sash.
Interior
Interior without galleries. Painted grained raked box pews in three rows. Inward facing pair of pews each side and then single pew before corner panelled timber lobbies each with one pew attached facing in to pulpit. Pulpit removed (2004). Flat ceiling with plaster rose.
Reason for designation
Included as a mid C19 chapel in the simple late Georgian manner, with attached vestry and later chapel house.
Nearby in the register
- Ty CapelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box to SE of Capel TrisantCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Bwlch-y-gwyntDomesticunder 1 mi
- Capel Salem, including attached house, forecourt wall and outbuildingReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.