Glasbury Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 January 1996. Standing stone.
Glasbury Methodist Church
- WRENN ID
- solemn-floor-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1996
- Type
- Standing stone
- Address
- Glasbury Methodist Church, Cwmbach
- OS grid reference
- SO 166 396
- Coordinates
- 52.04875, -3.21635
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Glasbury Methodist Church is a building constructed from rubble stone that has been rendered, lined, and painted, topped with a half-hipped slate roof on the east side. The main entrance is located centrally on the south side, away from the road, featuring a pair of panelled doors within a heavy frame and a painted fanlight above. Flanking the entrance are paned windows with timber 'Y'-tracery set in pointed-headed openings, which are also found on the north side facing the road. The eaves are close, and there is a small gable window on the west side with diamond glazing and a pointed head. Attached to the east gable is the former schoolroom or vestry, which now serves as a kitchen and meeting room, featuring a door to the road and six-paned windows. A gable stack is present.
Inside, the church is divided by a cross walk, with the eastern section raised. A central three-sided pulpit is positioned against a moulded arch on the gable wall, accompanied by a fixed lectern. The segmental plastered vault continues seamlessly into the plastered walls. A gallery at the west end is supported by three panelled posts and features a panelled front set on an arcaded cornice. Box pews are arranged east of the cross walk, facing inward, while the gallery contains three rows of original pews and iron candle holders. The estimated seating capacity is 80. The former schoolroom has three roof bays with king-post trusses and struts extending from the lower haunch, along with a gable fireplace flanked by cupboards.
Monuments within the church include a tablet on the east wall framed in Carrara marble, featuring an open book in a roundel, commemorating George and Mary Jane Butcher for their donations to the chapel around 1850. On the south wall, there is a slate tablet dedicated to S and M Mills from the 20th century, as well as a similar framed tablet with an urn on the cornice, created by Thomas, in memory of Richard Hargest of Skynews, who passed away in 1842, noting his bequest. Additionally, there are brasses commemorating Thomas Pugh Jones of Skynlas from 1923 and Evan Davies from 1941.
Local climate
Glasbury Methodist Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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