By the end of the 1870s, a number of the mother chapels of the Welsh nonconformist denominations were not only reaching full capacity but also the early-nineteenth century designs and layouts were ...

The Baptists had been holding services in Aberystwyth since 1787, initially in a house in Queen Street, and in 1797, the Aberystwyth court leat allowed the Baptists to build their first chapel in B...

Neuadd-Lwyd Welsh Indepdendent Chapel was first built in 1746, licensing an earlier schoolhouse that a Mr Jones had built on his land at Neuadd-Lwyd for the education of his children. Originally af...

Moriah Baptist Chapel was built in 1834 and rebuilt in 1884 in the Later Vernacular and Simple Round-Headed style of the gable entry type.

RCAHMW, January 2010

The Wesleyan cause was established in the village around 1806 by the Rev.Edward Jones of Bathafarn. Early meetings were held in the open air, until E evans, pen-pistyll, with others decided to buil...

Maen-y-Groes Independent Chapel was built in 1828, due to the fact that many people were mambers of Penrhiwgaled which was some distance away. A piece of land was aquired on Maen-y-Groes, a smallho...

Bethesda Independent Chapel was first built in 1820 and then enlarged in 1865 to the design of architect Thomas Thomas of Landore. The chapel was rebuilt again in 1892, in the Classical style of th...

Bethlehem Independent Chapel was built in 1860, rebuilt in 1876 and again in 1900. The present chapel, dated 1900, is built in th Sub-Classical style of the gable-entry type.

RCAHMW, April 2010

Trecynon Methodist Chapel was built in 1887 in the Arts and Crafts style as a single storey, gable-entry chapel. There is a set of steps at the rear of the chapel leading to a hall/Sunday school di...

Ebenezer Baptist Chapel was built in 1804 amd enlarged in 1826. The chapel was then rebuilt in 1862 to the design of architect Thomas Thomas of Landore. A Sunday School was added in 1893, further m...