Hermon Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 March 1995. Residential.

Hermon Congregational Chapel

WRENN ID
turning-footing-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 March 1995
Type
Residential
Address
Hermon Congregational Chapel, Rhosgoch, Painscastle
OS grid reference
SO 185 476
Coordinates
52.12112, -3.19066
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Hermon Congregational Chapel is located on the north side of the Newchurch to Painscastle road in Rhosgoch village. Built in 1839, the chapel features painted rubble stone with iron sheeting at the west end and a slate roof adorned with ridge cresting. It has a gabled porch at the southeast corner and a rear schoolroom with a lean-to roof. The porch door is boarded and topped with a fan light, while there is a blocked door to the southwest. The tall multi-pane windows have round heads, with only the east window retaining its original glazing and fan head.

Inside, the chapel was originally designed as a long wall chapel but was refitted in the later 19th century, with the pulpit now positioned on the end wall. It features two crown post trusses that rise through a boarded ceiling, a match-boarded dado, and double panelled doors leading to the porch and schoolroom.

The chapel is enclosed by a low rubble forecourt wall that surrounds the burial ground, which contains numerous headstones. It is noted for being an unusually attractive, small-scale chapel set in a rural context.

Local climate

Hermon Congregational Chapel receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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