- Nprn: 8205
- Cadw Ref: 13/D/06(1)
- Cadw Record No: 16133
- Summary: Pen-y-Fron Baptist Chapel was built in 1825 in the Vernacular style of the side-wall entry type. The chapel was repaired/restored during the late twentieth century and is now Grade 2 listed, as the oldest Baptist chapel in Flintshire and intact example with a square plan.
RCAHMW, January 2010 - Description: Chapel established & built 1825. Built in vernacular style, long-wall entry type. Repaired/restored late C20. Building is listed Grade 2. Status (late C20): disused.
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Situated on the E side of Pen-y-fron Road on the N side of the settlement.
History: Built in 1825 it is the oldest surviving Baptist chapel in use in the former county of Flintshire, and is the only intact example with a square plan with central entrance in the side wall. The chapel was repaired and restored late C20 and furnishings brought from elsewhere.
Exterior: Rubble with roughly squared quoins and stepped architraves to openings. Renewed slate roof. Symmetrical elevation with a central entrance with C19 door flanked by sash windows with margin lights and textured glass, that to the right has renewed stone lintel. Above the door is a stone with a Welsh inscription from Isiah 55.3 and the date 1825. Outbuilding with C20 door attached to right. Left hand return elevation is rendered, rear elevation has 2 sash windows as before.
Rubble walls to burial ground extend from the front and rear of the building and return to form a rectangular enclosure containing gravestones. The wall was restored late C20.
Listed as a locally rare example of a Baptist Chapel with an early plan form which survives in relation to its burial ground. - Repaired & Restored: 1980A Source:Cadw
- Built: 1825 Source:Cadw (plaque)
- Built: 1825 Source:Capeli Cymru
- Date Of Chapel: 1825 Source:
- Marked On Map: 1900 Source:OS FL sheet 13 NW
- Marked On Map: 1953 Source:OS FL sheet 13 NW
- Central Door: 1800-1899 Source:Cadw
- Burial Gr. Wall Restored: 1980A Source:Cadw
- £ 300: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 160: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Disused: Late C20 Closed (Clwyd CC chapels database)
- Welsh: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
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- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Vernacular
- Plan: Long-wall entry
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- Grid Reference: SJ19686576
- Address: PEN-Y-FRON ROAD, PEN-Y-FRON, RHYDYMWYN
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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