Bont Dolgadfan Independent Chapel, with railed forecourt is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1997. Chapel.
Bont Dolgadfan Independent Chapel, with railed forecourt
- WRENN ID
- gentle-courtyard-bittern
- 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
- Bont Dolgadfan Independent Chapel, with railed forecourt, Llanbrynmair
- OS grid reference
- SH 886 002
- Coordinates
- 52.58879, -3.64436
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bont Dolgadfan Independent Chapel is built from large squared blocks of local stone and features an old slate roof. The chapel has a long-front plan with doors at each end, each consisting of four panels and set under a depressed four-centred arch made of stone voussoirs. Between the doors are two tall 40-pane sash windows with old glass, each topped with similar stone arched heads. The rear of the building has 35-paned windows, while the lower south gable is now covered in corrugated iron.
The forecourt is enclosed by cast iron railings with fleur terminals, which are set on a front coursed local stone retaining wall, featuring a central matching gate between the returned ends of the wall.
Inside, timber lobbies cover each entrance. There are five rows of pews arranged on a shallow rake facing the pulpit, which is simply panelled and has a panelled back, with enclosed box seats on either side that back onto the lobbies. The walls are finished with a matchboard dado and a bench seat. The ceiling is boarded and divided into two square panels by deep moulded ribs that lead to a central roundel, resembling the one found at Hên Gapel.
Local climate
Bont Dolgadfan Independent Chapel, with railed forecourt 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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