Bathafarn Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

The Bathafarn Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, built in the 1800s, is constructed from red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The building exhibits a mix of Italianate and Gothic architectural styles. The front facade is three bays wide and two stories high. It features two two-storey, triangular-headed recesses on either side of the centre, each containing an arched window above a square-headed window, all within a continuous surround with an arched hood, impost band, flush rusticated jambs, and a stone sill. An ashlar lintel divides the windows, sitting under a dentilled sill. The central section is characterized by two flush bands across the ground floor, broken by a large gabled projecting door surround. This surround features flush quoins, a coped gable, an ashlar plaque, and a cambered-headed door recessed within a cambered-headed surround with a hoodmould. The door has chamfered jambs and a moulded head, while the outer surround incorporates squat, ringed column shafts reaching halfway up and a moulded head. The hoodmould displays carved stops. A sill course runs above the ground floor, leading to a tall ashlar arched feature on the first floor, framed by a chamfered rusticated surround and an arched hoodmould. This feature contains three small arched lights beneath a large quatrefoil-traceried roundel, with a foliate cross set behind the quatrefoil points. Four small, incised round bosses are visible in the stonework below and above the triple window.

The two-storey side elevations, with four windows each, are set within recesses and divided by piers. The upper windows are arched, with ashlar lintels above flat-headed lower windows. All windows have coloured glass margins. A single-storey vestry is located behind the chapel, with a door and two windows facing the street, incorporating similar lintels.

Inside, a three-sided gallery with curved angles is supported by eight iron columns with Gothic leaf capitals. The gallery front projects from scrolled iron brackets, with timber brackets beneath. The timber panelled front is divided into long panels with square panels in between. The chapel contains pitch pine pews arranged in three blocks, with inward-facing blocks on either side of the pulpit. A balustraded rail encloses the pulpit, with curving platform stairs featuring turned balusters and ball finials on the newels. The pulpit front incorporates arched panels and low balustrades. An upholstered, carved wood bench seat is present. Behind the pulpit is a large stucco corniced feature with pilasters, a moulded arch, and a substantial dentil cornice. Within the arch is an ornate marble memorial plaque dedicated to the Reverend Edward Jones, dating from 1869. The gallery has steeply raked pews, and the lobby under the gallery contains an arched window between two doors. The ceiling is a fine plasterwork design, featuring a central rose and four outer roses in pierced plaster roundels, connected by a pierced border, allowing for ventilation. A moulded cornice completes the ceiling. The vestry contains a painted plaque originally from the 1802 Mill Street chapel.