- Nprn: 6582
- Cadw Record No: 22116
- Summary: Seion Calvinist Methodist Chapel was first built in 1797, and resored in 1810, before being rebuilt initially in 1846/7 and again in 1875. It is in the Romanesque style with stuccoed walls, slate roofs and bracketed eaves. The chapel, to the front, dates from 1847, with the stucco detail added in 1875, when the vestry was built to the right of the chapel. The chapel has a side-wall facade, with two long central arched windows, flanked by two doors with arches fanlights over, and two outer gallery lights. The glass is opaque with acid-etched patterning. The front facade of chapel and vestry have rusticated quoins, while the side elevations are of whitewashed rubblestone. The chapel has been sold and redeveloped, and all internal features have been lost, but once comprised a three-sided gallery with cnated angles, mounted upon six iron columns, with a cornice on deep brackets under long horizontal panels and moulded top rail. The pews were of panelled pine. The building is now a private dwelling.
Source: Cadw Listed Building Record & RCAHMW Inventory Records
K Steele, RCAHMW, 16 February 2009 - Description: First chapel built 1797 & restored in 1810; rebuilt, altered or modified 1846/7 & again 1875. Present building style is Romanesque, long-wall entry type. Status (1998): disused and sold for redevelopment. 1999: house
Note from the Religious Census of 1851: a Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales, ed. I G Jones, p297, "The internal measure of Capel Sion:
29 1/4 ft by 30 ft.
Sidewall façade chapel with a big two storey schoolroom to the right, projects forward to make for an L-plan. Courtyard to front. Square plan. Whitewashed.
Replied to 1851 Census as SION, gave internal measurements as 29 1/4 ft x 30 ft. (Anthony Jones) - Restored: 1810 Source:Rawlins
- Built: 1797 Source:Rawlins
- Built: 1846 Source:Jones, Anthony
- Rebuilt: 1875 Source:Rawlins
- Rebuilt: 1847 Source:Rawlins
- Rebuilt: 1874 Source:BOW
- Converted To House: 1999 Source:BOW
- Date Of Chapel: 1875 Source:
- Architect: 1874 Richard Owens, Liverpool
- £ 1000: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 300: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- 130: 1905 Accomodation (RCCEORBWM)
- 30: 1851 (Religious Census)
- 282: 1851 (Religious Census)
- 200: 1851 Standing (Religious Census)
- Disused: 13/05/1998 Sold for redevelopment (Site visit - P Wihl)
- Converted: 1999 ()
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- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Romanesque
- Plan: Long-wall entry
- Window Glazing: Small Pane
- Windows: Tall Round-Headed
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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