- Nprn: 8281
- Cadw Record No: 23028
- Summary: Hope Methodist Chapel was originally built in 1861 for Baptist use, and was restored and enlarged in 1930. The present chapel, dated 1861, is built in the Vernacular style of the long-wall entry type, with an adjoining chapel house at one end and schoolroom at the other. Hope is now Grade 2 Listed for its architectural interest as a well preserved chapel, house and vestry.
RCAHMW, January 2010 - Description: The chapel was originally built in 1861 for the Baptist use, and was restored and enlarged in 1930. It is built in the Vernacular style, as a long-wall entry type. It has an adjoining ministers/chapel house at one end and an adjoining schoolroom at the other. Status (2000): in chapel use.
Long-wall chapel of 1861, enlarged 1930, with adjoining minster's/ chapel house at one end, and adjoining schoolroom at the other OMJ, from Sinclair & Fenn, Radnorshire chapels (1990).
CADW Exterior
Chapel vestry and house, rubble stone with slate eaves roofs, slightly lower house to left, and lower single storey vestry or schoolroom to right.
Chapel has lateral front of 2 large arched windows with cut stone voussoirs, stone sills, plaque beween 'Hope Chapel Erected 1861', and one door, to left, in later C19 painted timber gabled porch. The two long windows have vertical glazing bars intersecting in heads, probably later C19, with diamond leaded panes. One cambered-headed 3-light window to rear centre, with stone voussoirs and square leaded panes.
Added vestry to right has two large square windows and door to right, the window heads and glazing C20.
House to left has slightly lower pitch to roof. Rock-faced stone left end stack, two-window range of 3 small 12-pane sashes and door. Stone voussoirs to ground floor windows. One window on end wall and one to ground floor rear.
CADW Interior
Simple interior without gallery. Three-bay roof with plain wishbone trusses and boarding. Pine pews in 2 blocks of 5 rows, simple shaped bench ends. Pews face end wall pulpit, with some inward-facing pews to side. Panelled pew backs, and boarded dado. Small platform with front balustrade, centre bookrest on pillar with moulded base and three-sided front with quatrefoils. Bench against wall with panelled back. Added top board with triple curve outline. - Built: 1861 Source:Plaque
- Date Of Chapel: 1861 Source:
- Rebuilt: 1930 Source:
- £ 200: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 90: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 2000 (Blwyddiadur)
- Chapel: 2010 (R Scourfield)
- English: 2000 (Blwyddiadur)
- Materials
- Stone
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Vernacular
- Plan: Long-wall entry
- Window Glazing: Intersecting
- Windows: Tall 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