- Nprn: 6250
- Cadw Ref: 21/B/19(2)
- Cadw Record No: 9704
- Summary: Ebenezer Chapel was built in 1808 and rebuilt 1844. In 1880 alterations included a new façade, gallery and other internal remodelling, possibly to the design of architect Thomas Thomas of Landore. The chapel is Grade 2 listed.
RCAHMW, June 2009. - Description: Chapel first built in 1808 (date plaque). Present built 1844, with a facade, gallery and other internal remodelling of 1880, possibly to the design of the Rev. Thomas Thomas of Landore (gallery - SRH) and John Humphrey (refronting - SRH); the organ was added in 1925. Status (1991): in chapel use.
The interior may have been designed by "Thomas Glandwr", the Reverend Thomas Thomas of Landore, amongst whose works was a chapel in Newcastle Emlyn" (suggestion from Cadw list description of 05/08/1991).
EXTERIOR
Situated on N side of A484 Carmarthen road some 120m E of Water Street.
Dated 1808, 1844, 1880; structure probably of 1844 enlarged southwards with new façade in 1880 to accommodate larger gallery. The earlier part is a plain unpainted rendered 3-window range with hipped slate roof and bracketed eaves. Two-storey elevations to sides, cambered-headed lower windows and round-headed above, 2 round-arched upper windows to end wall.
The 1880 extension towards the road involved changing the roof hip to a curve, building out the front wall with a new, narrower, stone and terracotta pedimented façade, connected back to the original side walls by big stuccoed quadrant curved walls with stone parapets.
Centrepiece is of coursed square rock-faced grey stone with extensive dressings in yellow terracotta. Romanesque style, ground floor is slightly projected with big arched doorway with keystone and panelled double doors, narrow round-arched sidelights and impost band. Upper façade is set back on terracotta sloping plinth and with similar motif of big round arched centre window and narrow sidelights, only with longer proportions and window with heavy wooden plate tracery of 3-lights and a big rose. Window arch is inscribed 'Congregational Chapel'. Above is pedimental gable with apex finial, heavily moulded coping and tympanun plaque: 'Ebenezer Built 1808, Rebuilt 18444 Enlarged 1880'. Quadrant curved walls are plain stucco with one very long arched stair light each side, arched hood and raised bands at sill and impost levels. Stone parapet with terracotta plinth and coping.
Enclosed shallow forecourt with iron railings on low coped wall between square piers. Inner piers are rendered and whitewashed, corniced with ball finials, outer piers are coursed stone.
Spacious interior largely of 1880, but retaining earlier side windows. Big curve-ended gallery on 7 thin iron columns with florid capitals, coved gallery underside and timber gallery front with inset continuous pierced iron section under handrail. Decorative star and leaf-scroll motifs to ironwork. Curved gallery pews and unusual barrel heads to tops of gallery stairs. Coved ceiling with dentilled cornice and 3 large roses. Elaborate High Victorian Gothic pulpit with stilted arched frontal and balustrades to stairs up each side. Rear wall covered by very large 1925 organ, blocking rear windows. - CADW - Dated: 1808 Source:Cadw (plaque)
- Date Of Chapel: 1844 Source:Cadw (plaque)
- Organ: 1925 Source:Cadw
- Facade, Interior,gallery: 1880 Source:Cadw (plaque)
- Rebuilt: 1844 Source:BOW
- Altered And Extended: 1880 Source:BOW
- Architect: 1880 Thomas Thomas, Landore
- Architect: 1880 John Humphreys, Morriston
- £ 1500: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 650: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 05/08/1991 (Cadw)
- Chapel: 6/12/2010 (Denominational website)
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- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
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Map
- Grid Reference: SN30924035
- Address: EBENEZER STREET, NEWCASTLE EMLYNNEWCASTLE EMLYN
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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