- Nprn: 7433
- Cadw Ref: AD
- Cadw Record No: 18662
- Summary: Mynydd Methodist Chapel was built in 1868 to the design of architect Richard Owen of Liverpoo. the chapel is built in the Gothic style with a long-wall entry plan and replaced an earlier chapel (NPRN:7433) which remains in existence. A new schoolroom & chapel house were added in 1887 and the chapel restored and decorated in 1963. Mynydd is now Grade 2 Listed as a distinctive and well-preserved chapel by a notable architect.
RCAHMW, November 2009 - Description: Built in 1867-8 to the design of Richard Owen of Liverpool - cost £4000 - in Gothic style, replacing an earlier chapel (NPRN:7433) which remains in existence. New schoolroom & chapel house added 1887/8 & chapel renovated 1963.
Gothic with polygonal masonry, steep roofs and plate tracery, transepts and an apse. The elaborate front has a narthax and a central gable flanked by wings which return as two-storeyed porches. Foliated caps. (Hubbard, E. The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd. 1986) Status (1995): in chapel use. D3 in Clwyd database.
CADW - Exterior
Early Gothic style. Built of rock-faced black basaltic stone, probably from Penmaenmawr, with sharply contrasting Bath oolitic limestone dressings, and a slate roof. The main S front has a gabled central section with 3 close-set Gothic 2-light windows, a roundel in the apex, and lean-to narthex-porch, gabled over the central moulded doorcase, which is angled at the head. Buttresses at either side of the door rise as pinnacles, and triple windows each side with pierced balustrade over. The central section is extended each side as 2-storey stair wings; similar 2-light windows with quatrefoil heads, the upper windows gabled.
The E side, facing Chapel Street, has three 2-light windows beyond the stair wing, separated by buttresses, and gabled transepts at the N end, having triple tall lancets with quatrefoil heads and a gable oculus. The N end terminates in a polygonal apse with a hipped roof, and almost detached, a vestry set at right angles under a separate roof.
CADW -Interior
The main body of the chapel is of 4 bays, slightly tapering to the N, before the transepts. Plastered walls and a six-sided boarded vaulted ceiling on trusses extended down by wall shafts to corbels. A west gallery stands on octagonal cast iron columns. The arch behind the pulpit contains an organ and console by P Conacher, with a Gothic case. The octagonal pulpit is set forward from its access gallery which has flights of 5 steps at each end, all set in a semi-circular set fawr with a pitch-pine balustrade.
The pews are in pitch pine, set on a slightly raked floor, and laid out in 3 banks, with further pews in the transepts, totaling some 510 places plus the gallery. Doors either side of the organ lead to the vestry and side entrance.
The entrance narthex has patterned stained glass windows, and triple arches supporting the S wall of the chapel. - Restored And Decorated: 1963 Source:Williams, E W
- 1st Built, Nearby Site: 1791 Source:Cadw
- Built: 13/05/1867 Source:Williams, E W
- Date Of Chapel: 1868 Source:
- Meeting Re. New Chapel: 10/1866 Source:Williams, E W
- John Roberts Monument: Post 1894 Source:Cadw
- Subscription Fund: 1866 Source:Williams, E W
- Organ: 1903 Source:Williams, E W
- Rebuilt On Present Site: 1867-1868 Source:Cadw
- Rebuilt On Present Site: 1867 Source:Cadw
- Work Completed: 08/1868 Source:Williams, E W
- New Ss & Ty Capel Given: 1887 Source:Williams, E W
- Donor: 1867-1868 David Roberts,
- Architect: 1867-1868 Richard Owens, Liverpool
- Donor: 1887 J. Herbert Roberts,
- £ 6000: 1963 Chapel restored and re-decorated (Williams, Ellis Wynne)
- £ 400: 1887 schoolroom & chapel house (Williams, Ellis Wynne)
- £ 4000: 1868 Rebuilt (Williams, Ellis Wynne)
- 620: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 483: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 05/08/1997 (Cadw)
- Chapel: 2010 (Denominational Yearbook)
- Materials
- Stone
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Gothic
- Plan: Long-wall entry
- Window Glazing: Diamond
- Windows: Gothic
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Map
- Grid Reference: SH94527739
- Address: CHAPEL STREET, ABERGELE
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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