Penuel Baptist Chapel

Penuel Baptist Chapel dates from 1859, with significant alterations in 1891. The return elevations are of roughly coursed sandstone. The 1891 brick and terracotta entrance gable is three storeys high and divided into five bays by three tiers of pilasters, separated by string courses. The central bay is emphasised by a pedimented gable bearing the date and inscription 'Penuel Capel y Bedyddwyr'. Pilasters in the upper stage are topped by ball finials, with balustraded parapets flanking the central pediment. The first floor features alternately single and paired round-headed lights (blind in the outer bays), and a terracotta cornice with twined acanthus detail. The ground floor has a central porch flanked by paired windows and blind panels in the outer bays. The porch has paired segmental arches with keystones, carried on stone shafts with terracotta bands and capitals, leading to grained nine-panel doors with stained glass in leaded fanlights. A rosette and modillion frieze is present. The return elevations have four bays, divided by buttresses on the north side, with round-arched windows on the first floor and flat lintels to the lower windows. The west gable is also brick, with paired round-arched windows at gallery level.

The entrance lobby features stairs to a gallery on either side and a stained glass window overlooking the chapel. The chapel was entirely remodelled in 1891, incorporating a raking floor and a gallery around all four sides, supported by fluted cast-iron columns with Corinthian capitals. The gallery parapet has a modillion cornice and is panelled, with low-relief sunflower motifs spaced at intervals, and a balustraded band below a moulded rail. The pews are wood-grained and arranged in three sections with two aisles, while cast-iron foliate posts support a wooden rail surrounding the 'set fawr' (choir area), with matching detail to the pulpit, approached via curving steps with turned balustrades. The plaster ceiling is divided into rectangular panels, with the principle beams carried on scrolled brackets. A large central rosette, deeply moulded with foliate and seed-pod motifs, is complemented by a smaller rosette above the pulpit. A schoolroom is located at a lower level to the rear, with meeting rooms on the first floor.