Capel Saron MC with Caretaker's House, and enclosing railings is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 November 1996. Church.
Capel Saron MC with Caretaker's House, and enclosing railings
- WRENN ID
- distant-step-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1996
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Capel Saron MC with Caretaker's House, and enclosing railings, Pont-Dol-Goch, Caersws
- OS grid reference
- SO 006 939
- Coordinates
- 52.53401, -3.46649
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Capel Saron Methodist Church, built of roughly coursed rubble with a slate roof, features a gable entry at the southeast end. This entry includes a central pair of boarded doors set within a panelled doorcase, topped by a semi-circular fanlight. Flanking the doors are two pointed-headed windows with 'Y'-tracery, made of timber and sand glazed with diamond margin glazed lights. The gable also has a spherical triangle ventilator.
The side elevation, constructed of uncoursed rubble, consists of three bays on each side, all featuring identical windows with quatrefoils in the heads. A central metal conical ventilator is present.
At the northeast end is the former caretaker's house, which is two storeys high and one bay wide, complete with a gable stack. It has two-light timber windows, with the upper window replaced, and a charming square bay window added to the ground floor living room, along with a six-panelled door and bracketed eaves. There are also additions to the rear. Detached from the caretaker's house at the northeast end is a stable building that includes a store for the visiting preacher's horse.
The graveyard and the garden of the house are enclosed by simple spear-headed railings and gates, which are hung on octagonal cast iron posts with acorn terminals. These railings also line the axial approach to the southwest entrance.
Inside, the ceiling is divided into four panels, and the walls are plastered. The floor slopes down towards the Gothic-style pulpit, which is panelled on three sides.
Local climate
Capel Saron MC with Caretaker's House, and enclosing railings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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