- Nprn: 7133
- Summary: Siloam Baptist chapel was first built in 1872, and was rebuilt in 1881 to the design of the Carmarthen based architect George Morgan. The chapel is built of rock-faced masonry with paler dressings in the Romanesque style. There are semi-circular headed doorways and windows, decorated with chevron mouldsings and scalloped captials. in the apex of the front gable is a circular vent, the rim of which is inscribed "Siloam Baptist Chapel built AD 1872". The chapel was used as a meeting place for the Unitarian cause after 1968. It closed as a place of worship in 1976, and has since been used as a carpet warehouse. Remanants of the chapel interior survive, including a giant semi-circular headed stone arch behind the former Sedd Fawr.
RCAHMW, October 2009 - Description: 1. Chapel dated 1872. (Re)built 1881/2 in Romanesque style, gable entry type, to the design of George Morgan of Carmarthen. Chapel closed 1976. Status (1998): other (warehouse).
2. Neo-Romanesque gable facade to the north west with snecked rock-faced masonry, end pilaster quoins and paler ashlar dressings to plinth. Semi-circular headed doorway with chevron moulding to the head and a frosted-glass overlight. Above the doorway is a triple ashlar-framed window, the centre window is taller; all with columns with scalloped capitals and chevron moulding in the heads. Each window of two semi-circular headed lights of four panes depth with circular glazed foil and glazed spandrels; some panes of frosted glass of thin lattice design. Circular attic ventilator panel, pierced as a hexafoil, and the rim is inscribed "Siloam Baptist Chapel built AD 1872".
CD/Ecclesiastical/SN46SE from O.M. Jenkins.
CHN 14/05/04
Built 1872 to a ?revised design by George Morgan; in use as carpet and rug retail premises since 1979. Neo-Romanesque gable façade to NW. Snecked rock-faced masonry; paler ashlar dressings to plinth, to end pilaster quoins, to raked and stepped course in gable, to gable coping and kneelers, to stringcourses at door and window impost levels, to window cill band and to door and window dressings. Semi-circular headed doorway with chevron moulding to head, above columns with scalloped capitals; frosted-glass overlight containing glazed circular foil and spandrels above a pair of segmentally-headed doors; these last probably retain the stopped and chamfered framework of the original doors but with wood panels replaced in each by two large glazed panels . Above the doorway, a triple ashlar-framed window, the centre window taller; all with columns with scalloped capitals and chevron moulding in the heads. Each window of two semi-circular headed ights of four panes depth with circular glazed foil and glazed spandrels over; window lights subdivided horizontally by iron glazing bars; some panes of frosted glass of thin lattice design (see Tabernacl Chapel, Tabernacl Street, Aberaeron). Circular attic ventilator panel, pierced as a hexafoil, and the rim inscribed "Siloam Baptist Chapel built AD 1872".
The path to the centre doorway across the shallow chapel forecourt from the North Road pavement is faced with black and red tiles laid lozenge-wise, with grey-blue tiles in the borders. Forecourt bounded from pavement by stone dwarf walls with iron railings, the last with irontwist uprights with fleur-de-lys finials, rising alternately above top and middle rails. Centre gates of similar design, flanked by iron panelled gate piers with ball finials. SW. and NE. lateral elevations of stone rubble, with stone rubble plinth, each lateral elevation containing three tall semi-circular headed window openings with brick dressings, the windows of two semi-circular headed lights, seven panes deep, with two glazed spandrels at the top. Left-hand window in SW. lateral elevation has been converted into a fire exit door, with a concrete fire escape descending from it. Rear SE. gable elevation also of stone rubble; plain bargeboard; later, single-storey lean-to against much of rear elevation. Stone boundary wall with rendered coping on SW.; land at rear enclosed from lane on SE. by stone boundary wall with vehicular entry.
The former chapel interior has been converted to a carpet saleroom and an upper floor has been inserted, with the stairs at the Sedd Fawr end. The shell of the chapel remains; extant visible features include matchboarded dado, raised floors for former centre and side banks of pews, red and black tile floor to aisles, outline on floor of former vestibule screen, with extant red and black tile vestibule floor. The walls and ceiling are are of painted plaster. The tall window openings, now rising into the present first floor, have splayed reveals and cills. Giant semi-circular headed stone arch behind former Sedd Fawr, now wih stairs in front. Three-bay chapel roof ceiled flat at collar level above sloping sides; arched braces supported on corbels. Three square ceiling ventilators.
The chapel was used as a meeting place for the Unitarian cause in Aberaeron, after 1968 and until 1976.
OMJ
3/11/95
Visited 3/10/95 - Rebuilt: 1881 Source:Horsfall-Turner
- Built: 1872 Source:Evan James
- Use As Chapel Ceased: 1976 Source:Evan James
- Date Of Chapel: 1882 Source:
- Taken Over By U: 1968 Source:Evan James
- Architect: 1872 George Morgan, Carmarthen
- £ 700: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 150: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 300: 1903 (Horsfall-Turner)
- Converted: 03/10/1995 Carpet warehouse (Site visit)
- Materials
- Stone
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Romanesque
- Plan: Gable Entry
- Window Glazing: Florentine Tracery
- Windows: Round-Headed
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Images from Coflein
Map
- Grid Reference: SN46016301
- Address: NORTH ROAD, ABERAERONABERAERON
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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