Bethel Chapel, railed enclosure and gates is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 July 2000. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Bethel Chapel, railed enclosure and gates
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-glass-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 July 2000
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bethel Chapel is a late 19th-century building constructed in a free Italianate style, set within a low rubble-walled enclosure topped by wrought iron railings with spear-headed detail, including decorative gates and an overthrow at the north-east corner. The chapel was largely remodelled between 1899 and 1901.
The external walls are cement-rendered and have a slate roof. The front elevation, dating from 1901, features rusticated quoins, an entablature, and a panelled parapet with pyramidal corner details and a slightly projecting, pedimented central section that extends above the parapet. A pair of recessed panelled double doors are situated under round-headed arches, framed by imposts, architraves, and keystones, within a two-bay Tuscan porch. The porch has detached columns and a balustraded parapet. Above the doors is a large window of a loosely Venetian style, with pilasters separating the lights and supporting a frieze and cornice. The frieze bears the inscription "1860/ BETHEL/ 1901." A lunette above the central window is similarly framed with pilasters, scrolls, and a segmental pediment. The entrance section is flanked by six-paned windows with pilastered surrounds, a frieze, and a cornice on each floor. The side elevations have two tiers of windows; the upper windows are tall and round-headed with pilastered surrounds and moulded architraves containing glazing bar sashes with margin lights, while the lower windows are square-headed with moulded architraves and keystones, also framing glazing bar sashes.
The entrance lobby contains two dog-leg staircases with twisted balusters leading to a gallery. It has panelled doors and a central window, both with Art Nouveau coloured glass. The chapel itself was remodelled in 1899-1901, with all fittings and furnishings in pitch pine. The plastered walls feature an enriched cornice to the flat ceiling, which has ribs forming square and rectangular panels. A large circular panel is centrally positioned, containing four smaller decorative roses and an ornate central rose from which hangs an electrolier. A gallery on three sides is supported by spiral-decorated cast-iron columns, with a panelled front and curved corners, resting on a bracketed cornice and featuring raked, numbered benches. Similar seating is provided on the ground floor. At the far end is a neo-Norman pulpit flanked by flights of curved steps with turned newels and balusters. A round-arched, panelled screen with ball finials to the integral columns encloses the base of the pulpit, with a bench situated inside. An organ is positioned above the pulpit on a panelled podium within a segmental-arched recess, decorated with egg-and-dart moulding to the arch, imposts, and spandrels. The recess is topped with an entablature featuring an enriched frieze and cornice, supported by two Corinthian pilasters flanking the organ opening.
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