Chapel to SW of Vaynol Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1992. Chapel.

Chapel to SW of Vaynol Farm

WRENN ID
young-barrel-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 August 1992
Type
Chapel
Address
Chapel to SW of Vaynol Farm, Vaynol Park, Bangor, Pentir
OS grid reference
SH 537 695
Coordinates
53.20322, -4.19124
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The chapel located southwest of Vaynol Farm is a Grade II listed building constructed from rubble stonework with freestone dressings and a slate roof. It is a rectangular single-cell structure featuring a porch that is unusually positioned at the blank west end, beneath a bellcote. The building has deep quarter-round moulded stone eaves cornices that end in gabled kneelers. The windows display a mix of styles, including Perpendicular window tracery with V-jointed quoined surrounds. The side elevations each have two square-headed, four-light windows with returned and stilted labels, along with a three-light reticulated window on the east side. The entrance to the gabled porch features a four-centred arch.

Inside, the chapel boasts a five-bay open roof supported by arch-braced trusses that spring from stone corbels, along with a deep stone cornice. This chapel is notable for its original furnishings, which include seating with cabriole-like bench ends and separate pews flanking the west door, each with individual seats set into Gothick ogee-headed niches. Additionally, there is a tall octagonal pulpit and a wood Gothic altar rail.

Local climate

Chapel to SW of Vaynol Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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