Bethania Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 July 1992. Chapel.
Bethania Chapel
- WRENN ID
- old-rafter-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1992
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Bethania Chapel, Penmachno, Bro Machno, Conwy
- OS grid reference
- SH 789 505
- Coordinates
- 53.03811, -3.80654
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bethania Chapel is a 19th-century building constructed of dark local stone with pale freestone dressings, which are now painted. It features a hipped slate roof and has an entrance facade that consists of three bays and two storeys above a basement. The facade is highlighted by giant Corinthian columns at the ends and pilasters, with an entablature that has a dentil cornice supporting ball finials. A central cartouche displays the date and the inscription 'Bethania'.
The upper storey includes a central square-headed window flanked by round-arched windows, all with pale freestone architraves and sash glazing. There is a string course between the floors. The central round-arched entrance doorway is accompanied by square-headed windows on either side, also featuring pale freestone architraves and sash glazing. The basement has round-headed windows in the outer bays, with sash glazing and pale freestone architraves that have stepped heads. The side elevations contain four bays of full-height round-arched windows, designed in a simple 'Art-Nouveau' style. The ground falls to the east, where the river elevation has a basement entrance flanked by horned sash windows that light the vestry. At the rear, there is a shallow rendered full-height annexe.
Inside, the entrance door leads to a small lobby, a cloakroom, and stairs that ascend to the gallery. The chapel features a panelled and boarded ceiling, with the gallery located at the north end. The south wall houses an organ in a square-headed recess. The pews and set Fawr enclosure are made of pitch pine. Beneath the north end of the chapel is a basement vestry.
Local climate
Bethania Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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