Chapel at Wynnstay Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1995. Private chapel.

Chapel at Wynnstay Hall

WRENN ID
idle-panel-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 February 1995
Type
Private chapel
Address
Chapel at Wynnstay Hall, Ruabon, LL14 6LA
OS grid reference
SJ 309 426
Coordinates
52.97675, -3.02923
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The chapel at Wynnstay Hall is a private chapel designed in the Italian Renaissance style. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar, brick, and plaster, topped with a slate roof featuring red ridge tiles. An iron crucifix finial is located at the right end, while a decorative iron finial is at the other end. The chapel consists of five bays, which are divided by pilasters that are paired at each end. It has a moulded cornice and a parapet. Each bay contains a 2-light window of the Italianate biforate type, and there is an entrance in the left end bay, which is topped by an overlight of a similar design. The right-hand return wall is roughly plastered between the pilasters, and a low vestry, lit by a round window with quatrefoil tracery, is attached. The rear elevation, which is flanked by existing buildings from the 18th century, features an entrance and a 2-light mullioned window with arched heads.

To the left and rear of the chapel are estate buildings from the 18th century that retain some original external features.

Inside, the nave and north aisle have a barrel vault roof with moulded plaster ribs. The aisle arcade appears to be 18th-century work, supported by two later square-section columns.

Furnishings include several items from the 18th century, such as a pedimented Corinthian aedecule used as a reredos and a door with a shouldered architrave in the north wall of the aisle. Some walls feature an oak panelled dado that may date to the late 17th century. The doors to the vestry display the Williams-Wynn arms and the date 1877 painted on them.

Local climate

Chapel at Wynnstay Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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