- Nprn: 8726
- Cadw Ref: 1
- Cadw Record No: 18899
- Summary: Bozrah Methodist Chapel is a good example of a hipped-roof mid-nineteenth century 'box' chapel. It was built in 1864 and has simple round-headed windows with pointed gothic glazing-bars or tracery. It is noteworthy in having a small enclosed square in front flanked by what appear to be two houses but the one on the right (north-west) is a stable or store with a Sunday School above. The interior has a flat ceiling and raked pews ascending from a tub pulpit and sedd fawr, which back onto an interior porch behind the central front wall. It was still in use as a chapel in 2007 and Grade 2 Listed.
RCAHMW, June 2009. - Description: Large single storey Calvinistic Methodist chapel in renaissance style with flanking chapel house and schoolroom above stables/store. Orientated approximately east-west. Chapel has hipped slate roof with ceramic tiles at ridges. Central ventilation stack. Pebble-dashed elevations with stressed cement rendered details.
Exterior: east front - moulded cornice. Flight of steps with square balusters, 'turned' newel posts and scroll ended hand rail leads to central doorway with round headed arch, stressed cement rendered hood mould, imposts and quoined architrave. Straight reveals, internal jambs chamfered. Folding double doors with vertical bolection moulded panels, obscure glazed fanlight. Nowy headed slate tablet, inset with moulded surround above door. "BOZRAH/METHODIST CALFINAIDD/ADEILADWYD. 1864". Round headed windows with "Y" tracery, stopped hoodmoulds, quoined architraves and projecting sills flank central door. Small square iron ventilation grills below sills. Stressed chamfered quoining at angles to returns. Projecting rendered plinth.
North and south elevations - details as at front, except 4 round headed windows with"Y" and stepped plinth; windows to northwest are without hoodmoulds. Plain rear elevation with 2 round headed window openings.
Interior: vestibule - rectangular, plaster ceiling with central roundel, false ashlar walls to skirting and tiled floor. Curved side table with 3 cabriole legs. Opposing panelled single doors to sides lead into chapel. Vestibule projects into chapel; projecting cornice and chamfered external corners, curving to the cornice and broach stopped at dado height.
Interior of chapel - 3 bay plaster and T&G ceiling with central rectangular panel having 4 ventilation grills symetrically arranged. Moulded ribbing and original supports fro paraffin lighting. False ashlar plaster on waslls to moulded dado rail and vertical T&G, raked to rear. All windows are round headed with splayed reveals and wood sills. Sills cut rake of dado to rear. Raked boarded floor. 2 aisles. Gated pews, bench ends have chamfered disc finials, panels in gates, backs and dividers are stop chamfered. All interior fittings have painted "wood" finish. Pews to to either side of set fawr arranged to face it.
Set fawr - situated against west wall, angled front corners. Stop chamfered panels. Integral internal seating and desk situated centre front, with hinged gate-leg bracket. Double entrance in right side, single to rear left to base of pulpit stair.
Rectangular table with turned legs infront of pulpit. On it are a variety of silver plated items (including flagon) and 2 turned wood collection plates, inscribed "BOSRAH 1864-1964". Either side of table are 2 armchairs with plain slatted ladder backs.
Pulpit - angled front sides, staired entrance on left. Moulded upper rail, central desk, panelled front and sides to moulded rail, T&G plinth below with central cupboard to front. Scrolled shaped panel to back of pulpit. Front of pulpit has shield with brass medallion, "EISTEDDFOD OFALAETH / BOSRA / PARC / SEILO / BURWEN / 1978". Flanking pulpit are 2 further shields (silver plated?) - trophies for choral singing, inscribed with dates from 1922 -1929.
2 forward projecting detached wings flank the main chapel, and enclose the chapel forcourt to the north and south. Respectively they are the stables/store with schoolhouse over and the chapel house. Both are double fronted of pebble-dashed elevations under pitched slate roofs.
The chapel house has sash windows and single gable stack to the west, further stack to lean-to extention at west.
The shoolhouse has 2 rendered gable stacks. Access to the schoolroom is via a flight of stone steps set in the angle between the chapel and west gable end of the schoolhouse/stable block. Entry through south side of small gabled porch.
Interior of schoolroom - T&G ceiling of 3 bays, with exposed boarded principles, central square ventilation grill. 3 rectangular cross-windows (16 panes) to either side, 1 in east gable. All have splayed reveals and T&G sloping sills. Plaster walls, dado rail with vertical T&G (returned into reveals of windows) to board floor. T&G door left side of west wall gives access to porch. Raised stage at east end with fixed benches around walls. Original wood and cast iron benches to either side of central aisle. Old Act of Parliament syle clock "O.H. ROBERTS AMLWCH", foliated brackets, left of window in east gable wall.
Chapel forcourt fronted by low pebbledashed wall surmounted by fleur-de-lys headed rails. Limestone disc finialed posts support wrought iron gates with matching rails - double gate to centre, opposite chapel entrance; single next to chapel house.
GAT; Visited 12/06/95 - Dated On Chapel: 1861 Source:Cadw (plaque)
- Built: 1864 Source:Plaque
- House Probably Contemp.: 1861 Source:Cadw
- Date Of Chapel: 1861 Source:
- Railings Prob. Contemp.: 1861 Source:Cadw
- £ 450: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 80: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- 237: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 17/04/1997 (Site visit - OMJ)
- Chapel: 2009 (Geograph website)
- Disused: 2011 (I Hughes)
- Materials
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Storey: Single storey
- Style: Mixed
- Gallery: X
- Plan: Hipped Box
- Pulpit Position: Rear wall
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- Grid Reference: SH45929067
- Address: PEN-Y-SARN, AMLWCH
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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