Congregational Chapel, Including Forecourt Walls, Piers and Railings

The Congregational Chapel, built in 1867, is a Victorian building designed in an eclectic classical style. It features local rubble construction with a slate roof and brick dressings on the sides. The symmetrical facade is made of snecked, quarry-faced blocks, accented with limestone quoins and dressings. It has three bays, with a central entrance bay that is recessed and topped with a pediment. The entrance is round-arched and moulded, featuring four-panel double doors, and above it is a tripartite pseudo-Venetian window with three arched lights, the central one being larger.

The outer bays have tall, full-height arched windows with plain sill-courses. A moulded and dentilated cornice runs across the entire facade, with parapets above the outer bays that are coped and have voluted inner ends. The central pediment is also moulded and topped with a geometric stone finial. Each side of the chapel has four tall arched windows with brick voussoirs and projecting sills, and the glazing is plain and modern. At the rear, there is a single-storey boiler house from the early 20th century.

The chapel is complemented by low forecourt walls with slate copings and gable piers, featuring rough-dressed pyramidal capping. These walls are topped with railings and include gates at the center and left.

Inside, the chapel retains a good, unaltered interior. A gallery wraps around three sides, supported by seven fluted, cast iron Corinthian columns. The gallery front is panelled and features blind-arched pilasters and a dentilated soffit. The ceiling is geometrically patterned, adorned with marginal and large central acanthus roses made of plasterwork. The chapel contains pitch pine box pews, each with painted numbers. The pulpit is panelled and octagonal, decorated with geometric designs and a chevron-moulded cornice. Access to the Set Fawr is provided by a staircase with turned balusters, geometric newels, and moulded rails. Behind the Set Fawr is a large tripartite wooden arcade supported by fluted columns, which holds an imposing organ built in 1914 by James Binns of Leeds. Additionally, there is a hall adjoining the rear of the chapel, complete with a stage at the far end.