- Nprn: 6424
- Cadw Ref: 24/A/49(2)
- Cadw Record No: 11934
- Summary: Park Street Congregational Chapel was built in 1839 and enlarged in 1846. The present church dates from 1864 and was designed by the London architectural practic of Lander and Bedells. The chapel is Gothic in style, with a gable entry and square tower with steeple. The Sunday School, built in 1889, is also by Lander & Bedells. The chapel is now Grade 2 listed.
RCAHMW, June 2009
The building was used as a furniture shop between 2005 and 2010, but is now for sale.
Capel Newsletter, Spring 2010 - Description: Chapel built 1839 & enlarged 1846; present church dates from 1864-5, in Gothic style, gable entry type with spire to the design of Lander & Bedells, London(cost £2200). South end of chancel dates from 1909. Building is listed Grade 2. Sunday School, built 1889, also by Lander & Bedells. Status (1998): in chapel use.
One of the most unusual chapels in Llanelli with its tall spire; a chapel in good condition although problems are experienced with the octagon, especially its roof, and with many of the other small rooms; the basement gets flooded (information of 14/07/1998 from Mr Gareth Watts).
The interior an "Aisless broad space with a later "chancel" of 1909.......
Lander & Bedells also designed the Congregational College at Cheshunt, Herts (extracts from Julian Orbach's Vic Soc programme notes, 22 June 1991).
Park Street Congregational Chapel, 1864-65
This English-language chapel was built in full `church-gothic' in the 1860s when very few Welsh-language nonconformist congregations would build in a style associated with the established Anglican church. The London architects Lander & Bedells would have been chosen because this denomination was part of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and the denominational building fund, aiding the congregation to erect this elaborate building, had favoured specialist architects. However the architects were determined not to be constricted by traditional church gothic and the fairly orthodox square tower is capped by a narrower octagonal stage before the tall steeple billows out again to form the base of a high octagonal stone spire. Despite the grandeur of the architecture, this English-language chapel could only accommodate 580 but its rear two schools, including an elegant octagonal extension built by the same architects in 1889, could accommodate no less than 611 Sunday scholars, the third largest total in Llanelli at the time of the 1905 census.
Entry by Stephen R. Hughes 06.09.2007 using the following main sources: the Capel Newsletter 34 (Autumn 1999), Capel Local Information Sheet 16 on Llanelli; T. Lloyd, J. Orbach & R. Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (Yale, New Haven & The Buildings of Wales) 2006 & chapels on The Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales database at www.coflein.gov.uk & Royal Commission on the Church of England and other Religious Bodies in Wales and Monmouthshire, Volume VI, Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence Nonconformist County Statistics 1911, Carmarthenshire (collected 1905), (London, HMSO) 1911, p.82 & Stephen Hughes, 'Thomas Thomas, 1817-88: the first national architect of Wales', Archaeologia Cambrensis 152 (2003), pp. 69-166.
First chapel on the site built in 1839 & enlarged 1846; present church dates from 1864-5, in Gothic style, gable entry type with spire to the design of Lander & Bedells, London. South end of chancel dates from 1909. Building is listed Grade 2. Sunday School, built 1889, also by Lander & Bedells. Status (1998): in chapel use. Date of present building 1864-5. - "chancel": 1909 Source:Orbach, Julian
- Built: 1864-1865 Source:Orbach, Julian
- Built: 1839 Source:Religious Census
- Date Of Chapel: 1864 Source:
- S. End Of Chancel: 1909-1911 Source:Cadw
- Railings: 1895 Source:Cadw
- W. Stained Glass Window: 1909 Source:Cadw
- E. Stained Glass Window: 1974 Source:Cadw
- E. Stained Glass Window: 1919 Source:Cadw
- E. Stained Glass Window: 1934 Source:Cadw
- W. Stained Glass Window: 1884 Source:Cadw
- Memorial Stone (vestry): 1889 Source:Watts, G. (plaque)
- Built: 1864-1865 Source:Cadw
- Sunday School Built: 1889 Source:Cadw
- Stained Glass Window: 1974 Source:BOW
- £ 6000: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 580: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- 50: 1851 Standing (Religious Census)
- 611: 1905 Accomodation - 2 Schoolrooms (RCCEORBWM)
- 350: 1851 (Religious Census)
- 100: 1851 (Religious Census)
- Chapel: 14/07/1998 (Site visit - Gareth Watts)
- Disused: Spring 2010 The chapel is now for sale. (Capel Newsletter)
- English: 1851 (Religious Census)
- Materials
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Gothic
- Gallery: End Gallery
- Plan: Gable Entry
- Pulpit Position: Rear wall
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Images from Coflein
Map
- Grid Reference: SN50660015
- Address: MURRAY STREET; INKERMAN STREET, LLANELLILLANELLI
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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