- Nprn: 8771
- Summary: Pen-Sarn Methodist Chapel was built in 1867 in the Simple Gothic style of the gable-entry type. The chapel has an attached house and a seperate schoolroom above stables. By 2007 the chapel had been converted for residential use
RCAHMW, Februarry 2010 - Description: Cause began & chapel built 1867 in simple Gothic style, gable entry type. Status (1999): in chapel use.
Single storey, stone built Calvinistic Methodist chapel, with attached house and separate school room above stables.
Chapel has pitched slate roof, and later flat roofed porch.
West front: Mortared rubblestone walls with small buttresses either side. West gable has four gabled finial with central spearhead. In upper centre of gable is a rounded triangular ventilattion grill and below a large pointed arched window with freestone architrave which is partly obscured by the later porch. Window tracery three pointed lights with upper circle.
Porch - across the width of west front is a rectangular flat roofed porch with sandstone parapet and side buttresses. Central pointed segmental arch with flat limestone architraves and sandstone voussoirs. Double vertical T and G panelled doors. Two pointed segmental side windows, same style as door, with single horizontal glazing bar, plain glass panes and slate sills.
North and south elevations: pebble dashed walls, four buttresses, five long pointed segmental windows with three plain glass lights, divided by two fixed horizontal bars.
East elevation: Buttresses at either side. Yellow brick chimney at gable end, pebble dashed walls and two small pointed segmental windows. Attached chapel house, which echoes the style of the chapel; slate pitched roof with four gabled finial and central spearhead, large upper central pointed arched window, now with modern casement windows; central triangular headed door flanked by two triangular headed lancet windows and side buttresses.
Interior: Vestibule - painted plaster walls and ceiling, quarry tiled floor, entrances into chapel body on either side with triangular curved heads and imposing double doors.
Chapel interior. Three banks of doored pews, two aisles, central bank has staggered divider.
Carpeted planked floor gently raked.
Ceiling - painted plaster with a row of recessed panels, three of which have square plain ventillation grills. Later coving on either side curves gradually to meet walls. Walls are painted with ashlar markings, and wood dado.
Set fawr - rectangular with diagonal entrances and a projecting rectangular front. Solid panelled with inset ogee arched smaller panels, square chamfered newel posts and crossed bun top finials. Book rest attached by metal brackets at centre front. Fixed internal bench. All woodwork is painted to emulate natural wood grain.
Three bow-backed Windsor chairs in front of pulpit.
Pulpit - solid panelled bow-front with recessed trefoil-style headed arches, set in vertical rectangular panels and winged three step side entrances with matching decorated doors. Upper rail has flat tooth design, square chamfered newel posts either side with stepped flat topped pyramid finials. Central lecturn on scrolled brackets; rear bench set into reredos.
Reredos - Segmented pointed arch of two orders with decorated keystone, two outer spiralled columns with corinthian capitals, two corner spiralled columns on either side of recessed inner arch, and single central spiralled column inside recessed arch. Inscription on arch "SANCTEIDDRWYDD A WEDDAI ITH DY O ARGLWYDD BYTH".
Fittings. Two long handled wooden collecting boxes. Plaques: (i) 1914-18 war memorial in marble; (ii) 1914-18 illustrated war memorial. Clock in centre top of rerdos arch "Owen Roberts, Gaerwen".
Separate stone built two storey building to rear of chapel. Access to interior was not possible, from the exterior it would appear that the schoolroom, in the upper storey, is reached by the central door, below is a cart shed and at the east end of the building a possible vestry. East gable end has a yellow brick chimney.
Chapel forecourt surrounded by small stone wall with slate coping and cast iron spear head railings, double gated entrance to chapel.
GAT; visited 20/09/94. - Repairs: 1942 Source:Jones,103
- Porch: 1881 Source:Jones,Capeli Mon,103
- Built: 1867 Source:
- Cause: 1867 Source:Hughes, I
- Cause School: 1824 Source:
- Converted To House Reported: 2007 Source:Jones,103
- Date Of Chapel: 1867 Source:Photo
- Sunday School: 1883 Source:Jones,103
- £ 1070: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- £ 830: 1867 (Jones, Capeli Mon, 103)
- 243: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- 155: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Converted: 2007 (Jones, Capeli Mon, 103)
- Materials
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Storey: Single storey
- Style: Simple Gothic
- Plan: Gable Entry
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Images from Coflein
Map
- Grid Reference: SH47267247
- Address: PENTRE BERW, GAERWEN
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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