Penlan Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1989. Chapel.
Penlan Chapel
- WRENN ID
- dark-garret-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1989
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Penlan Chapel, Pwllheli
- OS grid reference
- SH 374 351
- Coordinates
- 52.88875, -4.41811
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Penlan Chapel is a classical building featuring a three-bay open pedimented front, finished in painted render and accentuated by giant order Doric pilasters. The façade includes a stepped out entablature and other decorative details. It has a slate roof with small gabled ventilators. A rusticated giant arch rises at the center over a corbelled datestone. The central window, inspired by Venetian design, has round arched heads, keystones, and pilasters with large bases that extend below the cill. The tall outer windows have moulded architraves, and the central entrance features panelled double doors with similar detailing.
On the left side, there is a five-bay arrangement with similar windows set in shallow recesses, and the hall range extends by one bay on this side. The windows on the right side are smaller panes.
Inside, the chapel has rectangular galleries supported by timber columns, with boarded panels at the gallery front and raked seating. The ceiling is panelled and adorned with ornate roses. The organ chamber arch features paired fluted pilasters with a sunburst design, and the hall has a four-bay boarded ceiling with fluted pilasters, reflecting similar decorative elements.
Local climate
Penlan Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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