- Nprn: 10441
- Summary: Aberbeeg Methodist Chapel was built in 1889 and rebuilt in 1905. The later chapel was built in the Simple Gothic style of the long-wall entry type.
RCAHMW, September 2010 - Description: Built in 1889, rebuilt 1905. Built in the Simple Gothic style, gable entry type. Present status [1995] : chapel
Name: Aberbeeg PM Church
Address: Aberbeeg Rd, Aberbeeg
Parish: Abertillery
Denom: PM
Ngr: SO21980555
Contact: Glyn Bevan - 0495:213901
Date of visit: 7-3-95
General: Large imposing chapel built onto a hillside.
Style - Gothic revival
Date -1889. Rebuit 1905
Plan - rectangular
Roof - Gabled with slate covering and plain ridge.
Walling: Main façade - Coursed dressed stone with free-stone quoins. Other elevations - Plain rendering on random-rubble with moulded brick quoined jambs and returns.
Exterior:
Main façade : East gable end. 3 tier - Ground and lower-ground floors with upper pediment.
Lower-ground - 4 small window openings with gothic arched heads and modern UPVC cross-patern frames. Row of 6 foundation stones dated August 21st 1905.
Ground-floor - 4 small window openings with 4 centered heads and 6 pane timber glazing-bars. 1 larger 4 centered opening with tracery and timber glazing-bars.
Free-stone string-course above forming pediment. Double row of brick string courses below.
North elevation: reached from road through main iron gate with steps up.
Lower-ground area - double-door opening (probably original main entrance) with gothic head and fan-light. T & g panelled doors with plain stopped chamfers and large decorative iron hinges. Erroded foundation plaque over doorway dated 1889.
3 window openings with segmental heads - 2 of these now contain modern timber cross-type frames, while the third contains a secondary door.
Ground-floor area - Reached by flight of steps up over small WC block. 3 larger windows with gothic heads and plain timber glazing-bars.
Main entry into chapel - T & g double-door with eliptical arched head double fan-light and decorative iron hinges.
There is a large name/date stone over the door - (Built 1889. Rebuilt 1905)
South elevation: as N. elevation but without doors.
West elevation: random-rubble walling. No openings.
Internal:
Hallway - small primary hall-way at lower-ground level with quarry-tiled floor and t & g dado - modern door to main hall-way.
Main hall-way has timber floor and contains a hard-board partition.
Door to large kitchen and store-room areas. Door to school-room on S. side of the lower ground-floor. A large timber partition divides the school-room from the kitchen area.
There is a large platform on this floor located infront of the W. gable, which probably relates to the primary chapel area.
Schoolroom - previously part of the chapel area. New concrete floor. Painted rendered external walls.
T & g ceiling supported by 2 spine-beams and 4 plain cast-iron pillars, 2 of which are located in the centre of the room.
Small section of platform in N-W corner (used for readings) with piano alongside.
There are 5 dining type tables with chairs plus portable chairs in the southern area. 2 open benches are possibly original pews.
In the hall-way there is a (presumably secondary) balustraded stair leading up to the main chapel area on the ground-floor. Entry here is via a secondary small timber panelled hall-way with plain-chamfered panelled double-doors into the
chapel.
Main chapel area:
Walling - painted render with hard-board panelling and t & g dado on all walls.
Floor - T & g boarding.
Ceiling - T & g boarding with ply-board central area. 3 arch-braced collar-beam trusses with decorative iron ties.
Pulpit - single tier on low platform against W. gable wall. There is a small balustered stair on each side of the pulpit.
The pulpit surround has turned balusters with decorative cast-iron panelling and a moulded rail.
There is a low balustered rail at floor level infront of the pulpit, behind which there is a small communion table and 3 commemorative chairs.
On the W. wall behind the pulpit there is a decorative t & g reredos panel with a moulded wall-plaque and cross.
Vestry - consists of a small open top panelled room located in the S-W corner next to the pulpit. There is a piano next to the vestry.
Organ - located in the N-W corner next to the pulpit. The pipes were acquired from another chapel and there is a modern key-board and controls.
Pews - open bench type with moulded panelled, slightly angled backs. Seating capacity approx 250.
Gallery - none. - Built: 1889 Source:RCAHMW
- Rebuilt(1): 1905 Source:RCAHMW
- Date Of Chapel: 1905 Source:
- £ 300: 1905 Chapel (RCCEORBWM)
- 180: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 1995 ()
- Chapel: 30/11/2010 (Denominational website)
- Materials
- Stone
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Documents
- Storey: Two Storey and Basement
- Style: Simple Gothic
- Plan: Long-wall entry
- Window Glazing: Small Pane
- Windows: Gothic
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Images from Coflein
Map
- Grid Reference: SO21040223
- Address: ABERBEEG ROAD, ABERBEEGAbertillery
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Hello
My great great grandparents were married in Kinnerton Chapel in Old Radnor on 21st May1850. I have been searching for information on the Chapel, so was pleased to find this website. I have now located it on Google Street View – looks like someone is ‘doing it up’ to live in: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.2612635,-3.1095337,3a,90y,232.95h,84.26t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1s-8DWPORkq2RFVNXBLde_-g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i53?hl=en-GB
The marriage record of my ancestors Abraham Bounds and Elizabeth Williams is attached. I hope it is of interest.
All the best
Saira
Dear Sara
Thank you for the information. I am glad to hear that it was some help to you.
Good luck on your continued search
Christine