Capel Gwynfryn is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 2003. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Capel Gwynfryn
- WRENN ID
- still-belfry-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 October 2003
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Capel Gwynfryn, Pentre Gwynfryn, Llanbedr, Gwynedd, LL45 2PA
- OS grid reference
- SH 597 272
- Coordinates
- 52.82424, -4.0831
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Capel Gwynfryn is a chapel built in a simple Classical style. It is constructed from grey rubble masonry, featuring a plinth course, stressed bathstone quoins, and dressings. The roof is slate with stone copings and a weathered finial at the northeast gable apex. The chapel has round-headed doors and windows, with architraves that include keystones and imposts.
The entrance elevation faces southwest and features a pedimental gable with a roundel at the apex displaying the chapel's name and date of construction. Two round-headed windows, which have sash glazing, are grouped towards the center of this elevation. Flanking doorways contain double-leaf panelled doors beneath semi-circular overlights. The lateral walls consist of three bays, each with windows similar to those on the entrance elevation, and there are two similar windows at the rear.
Upon entering, the doors lead into small hallways with stairs that ascend to a gallery and doorways that open into the main body of the chapel. A small vestry is accessed through a doorway in the left-hand hallway. The chapel's walls are finished with ashlar scoring over tongue and groove panelling. A moulded cornice runs along a plain ceiling that features a central moulded floriate rose. Inside, there are three ranks of pews, with the central rank divided down the middle. The set fawr, located opposite the entrance, has rounded corners on the panelled front, which is topped by a shaped baluster course and moulded rail. The side entrances are marked by chamfered newel posts topped with squat banded globe finials. The pulpit is similarly detailed, featuring a dentilled course beneath the moulded cornice on its advanced front, with matching panelling at the rear. At the entrance end of the chapel, a gallery with a panelled front rests on a dentilled course supported by shaped corbels. The entrance doors are flanked by a pair of 6-pane frosted lights that illuminate the vestry beyond.
Local climate
Capel Gwynfryn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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