Bethania Chapel

This is a large chapel dating from 1822, with later alterations in 1867. The chapel is constructed of coursed local rubble, with a pitched slate roof and tiled ridge. A central tin louvre is present, along with deep verges featuring plain bargeboards. The facade is of coursed, rough-dressed slatestone, featuring a pair of arched windows with tooled limestone surrounds and original sash windows, although these have been slightly reduced by a later porch addition. A simple inscribed slate plaque above the windows reads 'Bethania MC 1822. 1867'. The gable apex has a large 12-pane arched window, which illuminates a former school room in the attic space. A single-storey, three-part porch extends across the whole width of the gable, with a slate roof hipped to the sides and constructed of snecked, quarry-dressed stone. The porch has paired arched entrances with deeply-recessed arched wooden doors, incorporating panelled lower sections and glazed upper sections. Plain buttresses define the porch corners, with a pair of small arched windows with multi-pane marginal glazing on either side.

The side elevations have three bays; the north side features three large arched windows with sandstone dressings and original 12-pane sashes, recessed and unhorned with projecting sills. Two similar windows are present on the rear gable end, alongside an external stair in the form of a flying buttress, which leads to a former schoolroom entrance in the roof space, accessed by a recessed boarded door with a three-pane overlight.

Inside, the chapel has gently-raked seating to the set fawr at the end. Original pitch pine boxed seating is present, with aisles to the right and left, and linoleum floors with key pattern borders. The ceiling is panelled with boarding and features two rows of decorative plaster rosettes. A deacon's enclosure has a panelled dado and arcaded upper section, with rounded corners at the front and simple newels at the rear, and geometric finials. The set fawr includes a similar pulpit and stick-baluster stairs. A large wooden painted back features triple arcading to an arched niche, with fluted pilasters, composite capitals, a decorative frieze, and a large projecting key.