- Nprn: 6655
- Summary: Seion Welsh Baptist Chapel was built in 1849 to the design of Isaac Price of Rhymni. It was later rebuilt/modified in 1887, and further renovated in 1927-8. It appears in the 1851 Religious Census. The chapel is in the Simple Round-Headed syle, and has a square plan with a porch to the front and a vestry attached to the right. The building is rendered and whitewashed, with hood-moulding round the upper storey windows. The chapel is entered via a panelled door with fanlight over, set into the right side of the porch; to the front of the porch is a plain sash window, with raised pediment above bearing the inscription 'Seion'. To each side of the porch there is a single plain sash window. The upper level has three round-headed windows, with moulded cornice and keystone. The side elevations each have four plain sash windows, two upper and two lower. The vestry has a central double panelled door with fanlight over, with round-headed windows to either side. Above are three small round-headed windows. The roofs are of slate, hipped on the main chapel, pitched on the vestry.
Source: RCAHMW Inventory Documents
K Steele, RCAHMW, 17 February 2009 - Description: Church (chapel) formed 1849 & built 1848 to the design of Isaac Price of Rhymni; rebuilt/modified 1887 & renovated in 1927/8. There is a brief description of the 1848 chapel in the 1851 Religious Census. Built in the Simple Round-Headed style, short-wall entry type. See Site Files [Ecclesiastical] for photos. Status (1998): in chapel use.
Note from the Religious Census of 1851: a Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales, ed. I G Jones, p338-339, "Length of the Chapel 35 feet. Breadth 32 feet. There are Furms round the Gallery for Free Sittings and Also Round the lowere Floor of the Chapel. There are 2 Rooms under the Gallery 13 feet 4 inch by 11 feet each - for free Sittings and for Sabbath School." - Renovated: 1927 Source:Datestone
- Built: 1848 Source:Religious Census
- Built: 1848 Source:Datestone
- Church Formed: 1849 Source:Llawlyfr 1998
- Date Of Chapel: 1887 Source:
- Altered: 1927 Source:BOW
- Architect: 1927 John Howard Morgan, Carmarthen
- Architect: 1927 John Howard Morgan, Carmarthen
- Architect: 1848 Isaac Price, Rhymni
- £ 2600: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 250: 1905 Accomodation for 2 schoolrooms (RCCEORBWM)
- 180: 1851 (Religious Census)
- 60: 1851 (Religious Census)
- 450: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 1998 (Llawlyfr)
- Chapel: 2011 (Town Council website)
- Welsh: 04/1997 (Site visit - E C Jones)
- Welsh: 1998 (Llawlyfr)
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- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Simple Round-Headed
- Plan: Square
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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