Bethel Chapel and Forecourt Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1997. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Bethel Chapel and Forecourt Railings
- WRENN ID
- graven-banister-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1997
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Bethel Chapel and Forecourt Railings, Bont Dolgadfan, Llanbrynmair
- OS grid reference
- SH 885 002
- Coordinates
- 52.58859, -3.64666
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bethel Chapel is a large building constructed with rock-faced snecked stone and topped with an old slate roof. The entrance facade faces north, away from the road, and is symmetrical, featuring a central pair of doors with a fanlight set within a shallow gabled porch. The building has two storeys with 8-paned sash windows, where the upper windows are round-headed and the lower ones are segmental, both with limestone heads and sills. A large central tablet displays the date of construction, and there is a painted zinc pyramidal roof vent located centrally on the ridge. At the rear, there is a single-storey vestry and a three-bay schoolroom with a hipped roof and 8-paned sashes, which is canted at the corner.
The forecourt is paved with blue stable bricks and features cast iron railings, made in 1896 by J.D. Davies of Machynlleth, mounted on a low slate coped wall.
Inside, there is a raked gallery around two sides with a panelled and balustraded front, supported by fluted Composite columns. The panelled pulpit has a classical panelled Ionic reredos and a half-round fan head. The chapel contains numbered pews and white marble wall tablets dedicated to William Howell and his wife, who died in 1854 and 1862, respectively.
Local climate
Bethel Chapel and Forecourt Railings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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