- Nprn: 7264
- Summary: Aber-ffrwd Calvinistic Methodist Sunday School was built in 1756, with a schoolroom added in 1770, and it was rebuilt in 1835 and 1844. It is in the simple, round-headed style, constructed of plastered stone below a pitched slate roof with bracketed eaves. The chapel is entered via a pair of wooden panelled doors, with round-headed overlight with intersecting tracery, in a gabled porch adjoining the long wall elevation. The windows are round-headed with intersecting tracery.
Within, the chapel has a plastered and painted ceiling, with ornate central rosette. It is ungalleried, with three rows of box pews. To the front of the chapel, above the pulpit, there is an arch formed by plaster pilasters, with the keystone and panels accented by gold paint. Below, the pulpit is approached by paired curved staircases with timber balustrating. The chapel is no longer in use, and therefore the interior is in a state of disrepair.
Within, the chapel has a plastered and painted ceiling, with ornate central rosette. It is ungalleried, with three rows of box pews. To the front of the chapel, above the pulpit, there is an arch formed by plaster pilasters, with the keystone and panels accented by gold paint. Below, the pulpit is approached by paired curved staircases with timber balustrating. The chapel is no longer in use, and therefore the interior is in a state of disrepair.
In 1905 (Royal Commission on the Church of England and other Religious Bodies in Wales and Monmouthshire) there were 210 sittings in the chapel which was valued at £900.
Source: RCAHMW Inventory Documents
K Steele, RCAHMW, 20 March 2009 - Description: Cause begun & chapel built 1756; rebuilt 1835 & dated 1844. Building style is simple round-headed, long-wall entry type. Schoolroom built 1770. Status (1996): disused.
"Dated 1844 & typical of area and period" ...... Chapel of plastered stone with slated roofs, bracketed eaves and round-headed windows with gabled porch and fanlight. 2-storey house with 2-bay front, stone stacks and sash windows; doorway with overlight (information from Welsh Office and MHLG Provisional list for Aberystwyth R.D., surveyed May 1962). - Built: 1835 Source:1851 Census
- Dated: 1844 Source:Welsh Office
- Built: 1770 Source:Horsfall-Turner
- Cause: 1756 Source:Horsfall-Turner
- Date Of Chapel: 1835 Source:
- Rebuilt: 1835 Source:BOW
- £ 900: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 210: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 78: 1851 ()
- 180: 1851 ()
- Disused: 10/12/1996 (Site visit)
- Disused: 01/2011 ()
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- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Simple Round-Headed
- Plan: Long-wall entry
- Window Glazing: Intersecting
- Windows: 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