Chapel Hall

Set back from the road opposite the Sion United Reformed Chapel, Chapel Hall was built in 1876 by the Liverpool architect Richard Owen, with construction carried out by D Jones of Aberystwyth at a cost of £2,400. The building stands on the site of an earlier chapel dating from 1824, and was opened on 21 October 1877. A caretaker's house was added sometime between 1887 and 1899.

The hall presents a broad, two-storey classical facade. It is constructed of snecked rubble stone with freestone dressings, including quoins, and has a slate roof with fishscale cresting and finials. The central part of the facade is emphasized by a pediment and giant order pilasters with deep composite capitals and a plain entablature. A tablet within the pediment bears a worn inscription, while the pilaster bases are finished with panelled stonework. A central three-light window features marginal glazing bars, arched lights, keystones, and an impost band, with a panelled apron containing inset balustrading. Paired semicircular-headed doorways are located below, incorporating similar classical ornamentation and panelled double doors. The flanking one-window bays have dentil cornices with a blocking course above and hipped cross roofs. Sash windows set within full-height recesses are arched headed on the first floor and square headed below, both with bracket cills.

A grassed forecourt is bordered by a brick wall to the left and spear-headed railings to the front and right, including gates. The four-bay side elevations feature windows mirroring those on the front, with the addition of freestone lintels to the ground floor on the left-hand side. The right-hand side is rendered in cement, while the left-hand side is brick with a plinth.

Transversely bonded to the rear is the Baptist Chapel School Hall, with three-window gable ends featuring arched sash windows with voussoirs and keystones, and a tablet to the left gable. The rear end wall is slate hung. Stepped back beyond, and adjoined by the irregularly shaped and slate hung Chapel house, features a four-panel door in the angle and a four-window gabled front with small-pane sash windows, and a boarded door.

The interior is of a classical design, with a raked gallery featuring a panelled front carried on cast-iron columns. A plain ribbed ceiling is adorned with plaster roses. The two-tier platform is railed, with some ironwork foliage to the balustrade. A tall, classical arch motif, framed by a pilastered and pedimented architrave, is positioned behind the platform.

The building contributes to group value. Historical references include a "Baptist Church History Centenary Souvenir 1808-1908," and information from the 1887 first edition Ordnance Survey map.