Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 December 1997. Chapel.
Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- woven-nave-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1997
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Leeswood, Leeswood and Pontblyddyn
- OS grid reference
- SJ 268 601
- Coordinates
- 53.13307, -3.09425
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel is a rectangular chapel built in 1865. It features a three-bay pedimented façade facing the street, constructed of brown brick with ashlar quoins that are now painted white. The gable has a pediment and an inserted datestone reading 'AD 1865'. There is a moulded stone cornice and a slate roof. The central double doorway has an ashlar architrave, also painted white, with a window on either side that has a similar ashlar architrave. The windows have frosted glazing with margin lights and coloured glass. Above, an ashlar string course supports three additional windows that match those below. The side elevations are made of rubble stone and each has five windows with a glazing pattern similar to the front.
Inside, the chapel has a simple classical design without a gallery. The entrance porch leads to two doors into the main chapel. The interior features pitch pine pews arranged in two side aisles facing a centrally placed 'set fawr', which is above a recessed arch with a moulded architrave and decorative plaster consoles. The 'set fawr' platform is surrounded by carved wooden balustrading. All windows showcase distinctive detailing, including a moulded cornice with consoles. The window jambs are adorned with slim plaster architrave, finished at the cill level with plasterwork depicting a classical female head. The ceiling is divided into five sections, each containing a decorative ceiling rose.
Local climate
Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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