Former Rehoboth Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 December 1989. Church.

Former Rehoboth Chapel

WRENN ID
still-footing-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 December 1989
Type
Church
Address
Former Rehoboth Chapel, Llangollen, LL20 8ET
OS grid reference
SJ 215 418
Coordinates
52.96859, -3.17014
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Former Rehoboth Chapel is a notable example of popular classical architecture, built in the 19th century. It features a two-storey, three-bay façade with a pediment, constructed from snecked masonry with quoins, an eaves band, and a plinth. The outer bays are hipped, and the fixed windows have marginal glazing bars. The pediment is supported by advanced pilasters and is topped with an iron finial and kneelers.

The central section has a giant arch that contains a date plaque above a three-light window, which includes quatrefoil oculi, a bracket cill band, and Corinthian-derived pilasters. The windows in the outer bays are set within full-height recesses, with round arches on the first floor and square heads below, both featuring bracket cills. The central entrance consists of twin round-arched entries with arch rings, keystones, and fanlights above four-panel doors. The façade extends around one bay on the side elevations before continuing in a simpler style, with pebble-dash for an additional five bays. There are modern extensions to the right that include a reused small-pane sash window, and it is noted that other properties originally extended beyond this building.

The forecourt is enclosed by rubble walls and features tall gate piers capped with pyramidal tops, along with iron gates and railings.

Inside, the chapel has a segmental arched boarded ceiling with mock hammerbeams, a central tie, and queen struts, along with an ornamented ventilation band. There is a panelled gallery front to a raked gallery supported by cast iron pillars with moulded capitals. A classical arch behind the platform features carved spandrels and a bracket cornice, and there is a ceiling rose in the vestibule.

At the time of inspection in December 1988, the building was being used as a furniture depository.

Local climate

Former Rehoboth Chapel receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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