Soar Methodist Chapel and attached Manse is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 July 1998. Chapel.

Soar Methodist Chapel and attached Manse

WRENN ID
old-kitchen-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 July 1998
Type
Chapel
Address
Soar Methodist Chapel and attached Manse, Llanfair Talhaiarn
OS grid reference
SH 927 700
Coordinates
53.21673, -3.60709
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Soar Methodist Chapel and the attached manse are rectangular buildings constructed of roughcast rubble, dating from around 1900. The chapel features simple decorative cement architraves and corner pilasters, typical of the local style, and has slate roofs with half-hipped gables and tiled ridges. The manse, which is one-and-a-half storeys and advanced at right angles to the left of the chapel, includes a lateral brick chimney with a simple cornice.

The main façade of the chapel has two large 8-pane sash windows with marginal glazing. To the right, there is a single-storey gabled porch that is also advanced at right angles to the main block, featuring double doors that lead to its inner return. The rear of the chapel has three additional windows similar to those at the front, complete with projecting stone sills, and a modern WC extension at the right corner.

The manse has a late 19th-century four-panel door on its inner (west) side, accompanied by a 16-pane unhorned sash window to the left, both with segmental heads. Above, there is another 16-pane window located under the eaves. The front gable of the manse has plain bargeboards and modern windows on both the ground and upper floors, again with segmental heads. The east side of the manse overlooks a stream and features an advanced section to the left, which has a continuous catslide roof extending from the hip of the chapel's gable end. This section includes further 16-pane unhorned sash windows on both floors, with the upper window set in a gabled dormer that slightly breaks the eaves.

The interior was not inspected during the survey.

Local climate

Soar Methodist Chapel and attached Manse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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