- Nprn: 10841
- Cadw Ref: (WO)3/8
- Cadw Record No: 1883
- Summary: Beulah Baptist Chapel was built in 1809, enlarged in 1818 and 1828, modified/rebuilt in 1884 and a Sunday school added in 1909. The present chapel, dated 1884, was built in the Sub-Classical style with long-wall entry plan and small pane round-headed windows. Beulah is now Grade 2 Listed as an early nineteenth century chapel.
RCAHMW, september 2010 - Description: Built in 1809, modified, altered or rebuilt 1818, 1828, 1880 and possibly 1909 when the sunday school was built, architect Mr Aldiss and builder C.F.Morgan. Built in the Sub-Classical style, long-wall entry type. Present status [1995]: chapel
Name: Beulah
Address: North Rd, Newbridge
Parish: Abercarn
Denom: Baptist
Ngr: ST21009700
Contact: Mrs Toms, 8 Thorne Av, Newbridge
Status: operational chapel
Membership: approx. 40
Date of visit: 6/4/95
General: early Welsh lateral wall façade chapel, located on the outskirts of Newbridge. Large schoolroom wing at the W. side. Large graveyard on the south side.
Style - sub-classical, lateral-wall façade
Date - 1809
Plan - retangular
Roof - gabled with slate-covering. Pediment and parapet added to S. lateral wall.
Walling - plain rendered-masonry
Exterior:
Main façade - south lateral wall - rendered double string and window/door hoods. All openings have semi-circular heads.
Ground-floor level - there is a single, ledged-door with a fanlight at each outer side of the façade. Between the doors thre are 3 small widows with recent timber-frames and top-hung lights. There are 4 more windows above of the same type.
The upper part of the façade terminates with pedimented paraphet with a cross-finial.
There is a scalloped lead string below the paraphet.
There is an eroded name/dates plaque in Welsh: 'Beulah. Addoldy y Bedyddwyr. Adeiladwyd 1809. Adeilaethwyd 1818, Ac 1828. AD Gwyweiriwyd 1884.'
East gable elevation - plain rendered - no openings.
North elevation - 2 central windows with semi-circular heads and recent 4-light timber-frames with fanlights.
West gable-end - adjoins schoolroom.
Interior:
Hallway - small hallway at each entrance of similar form:
Floor - flagstones
Walls - painted render, t&g dado.
There is a panelled door into the main chapel area and a corner door leading up to the gallery.
The inner wall has a margined window with containing red stained-glass.
Main chapel area:
Walling - incised painted render.
Floor - t&g boarding with carpeted aisles.
Ceiling - t&g boarded barrel-vaulted with 4 ridge-vents.
Features - there is an open fire-place in the centre of the E. wall. Commemoration plaqueon the N. wall dated 1911.
Pulpit - large rectangular structure with moulded curved rail and turned ballusters located on the N. lateral elevation. Fixed lectern, 3 wooden chairs. There is a ballustraded stair on each outer-side of the frontage leading down to a raised communion area beneath the pulpit.
Baptistry - under pulpit floor
Communion area - center table with 3 commemorative oak chairs. Steps down on each side.
Deacon's bench - creates a t&g backed surround for the communion area.
Organ - modern electronic, located infront of communion area with early table in centre and piano on opposite side.
Pews - semi-boxed benches with t&g backs and centre-partition. Rounded bench-ends with small end-doors and ceramic bench-numbers 1-48.
The benches under the E. & W. galleries are located at right-angles to the centre pews.
Seating capacity - approx. 400 inc gallery.
Gallery - U shaped located on E. S. & W. elevations, supported by 8 plain cast pillars with folliated capitals. T & g panelled frontage with moulded rail and architrave.
There is a closed stair to the gallery from each porch.
Gallery-pews - as ground-floor.
Vestry - small room as part of small extension to the W. side of the chapel, incorporated into later schoolroom building.
Entry is via a small door under the west gallery.
Solid floor. Room contains centre table with 10 chairs, one of which is an early ceremonial chair.
Schoolroom:
Appears to be of early 20th century construction - single-story structure built on an undercroft with brick arched lower level.
Roof - gabled with slate covering and upper clerestory structure.
Walling - rendered brickwork with shallow brick buttressing and brick jambs and quoining.
Main façade - W. gable-wall - 2 semi-circular headed windows with recent timber T pattern frames. Gable area has a paraphet with a large filled circular window opening and a brick semi-circular arch
North and south elevations - both contain 8 windows on the ground-floor set in groups of 2 with Upvc frames.
The upper clerestory area contains a row of 18 lights set in groups of 6.
The main entry is located at the east side of the S. elevation adjoining the chapel. This consists of a lobby on the first-floor (over the vestry) reached by a flight of steps.
Internal:
The main entry is locaed in the lobby area adjacent to a toilet-block. The entrance consists of a ledged double-door set in a semi-circular headed opening.
Ceiling - suspended hard-boarding with a transparent perspex centre.
Walling - Painted rendering
Floor - concrete with carpet
The N. and S. elevations each contain 6 small cubicle class-rooms formed by removable timber and glass panelling. The E. cubicle on the N. wall contains a kitchen.
There is a folding partition at the west-end with a small stage and a store-room.
The centre area consists of an open hall with a small box lectern and a piano at the west-end. - Built: 1809 Source:
- Built: 1809 Source:WO of MHLG (plaque)
- Built: 1809 Source:RCCEORBWM
- Date Of Chapel: 1884 Source:
- Enlarged: 1818 Source:BOW
- 2 Periods Of Renovation: Post 1809 Source:WO of MHLG (plaque)
- Rebuilt: 1828 Source:
- Repair: 1884 Source:BOW
- Sunday School Built: 1909 Source:
- Enlarged: 1823 Source:BOW
- Builder: 1909 C.F. Morgan,
- Architect: 1909 Aldis,
- £ 1980: 1905 Buildings and Property (RCCEORBWM)
- 380: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 1995 ()
- Chapel: 2010 (Geograph website)
- Welsh: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- Materials
- Rendered
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Sub Classical
- Gallery: On Three Sides
- Plan: Long-wall entry
- Window Glazing: Small Pane
- Windows: Round-Headed
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Map
- Grid Reference: ST21039709
- Address: NORTH ROAD, THORNE ROAD, NEWBRIDGENewbridge
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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