- Nprn: 8098
- Cadw Ref: 16/B/64(2)
- Summary: Knolton Methodist Chapel is a missionary church built in c.1890 to serve a scattered, mainly agricultural community. Loacted to the south of the village centre on a small common. the building is partially enclosed to the south-west and north-west by wood pale fencing. The vestry end has been largely destroyed by fire.
A single storey building of timber frame construction clad with red painted corrugated iron to the walls and the roof, and sat on a brick plinth. The roof is gabled and there is a small bellcote over the north-west gable with a raking plinth to an openwork foiled timber frame carrying a canted spirelet clad in tin sheet. There are plain bargeboards to all gables. There are three windows in either side of the main body of the church, set in wide frames and divided by narrow mullions and high set transoms with small upper panes.
There is a small gabled porch at the north-west end, with a plain side doorway with a plank door, and a narrow window in the gable with small upper panes. A cooresponding gabled vestry at the south-west end has a similar window, and a side doorway with a four panelled door.
Internally there are suspended timber floors, and the roof structure is formed by trusses with five small purlins covered by timber boarding, over which the corrugated metal sheeting lies. The walls are clad internally by timber boarding.
(sources; Cadw listing description; structural survey report)
S Fielding RCAHMW 20/06/2005
The building was originally destined for St. Fagan's, however, in 2004, having been severely damaged by fire, planning permission was sought to convert the chapel into a dwelling.
Capel Newsletter, 9/2004 - Description: Chapel built ca. 1890, of corrugated-iron, in vernacular style, and of gable-entry plan type. Daughter church to St Mary's. Building is listed Grade 2. Status (1994): Damaged by fire and LBC application for conversion to residential use. On the S side of the lane leading to Knolton Bryn, c300m from the A528.
Mission church, built c1890 to serve a scattered, mainly agricultural community to the S of the village centre, and located on the edge of a small common. Red pained corrugated iron throughout, including gabled roof; brick plinth. Single storeyed, 3-bay plan, with small gabled porch projecting from NW gable, balanced by gabled vestry to SE. Porch has plain side doorway with plank door, and narrow window beneath gable, with small upper panes. Vestry has similar window in gable, and 4-panelled door in side elevation to SW. Main body of church has 3 timber windows to either side, set in wide frames and divided by narrow mullions and high set transoms, with small upper panes. Small bellcote over NW gable, with raking plinth to openwork foiled timber frame carrying canted spirelet clad in tine sheet. Plain bargeboards with curved end-stops to all gables. The building is partially enclosed to SW and NW sides by a painted wood paling fence.
Included as a well-preserved and well-detailed example of a corrugated iron mission church, of a type which is becoming scarce. Extract from CADW list desciption
This is a red-painted, corrugated-iron church. - Built: c.1890 Source:Cadw
- Date Of Chapel: c.1890 Source:
- Not Named: 1900 Source:OS FL sheet 25 NW
- Mission Room: 1912 Source:OS FL sheet 25.6
- Built: c.1887 Source:Tin Tabernacles, Ian Smith
- Chapel: 15/03/1994 (Cadw)
- Materials
- Corrugated Iron
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Storey: Single Storey
- Style: Vernacular
- Plan: Gable Entry
- Windows: Flat-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