Capel Carmel is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 February 1997. Church.

Capel Carmel

WRENN ID
weathered-eave-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 February 1997
Type
Church
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Low rectangular range in 3 parts divided by butt joints. In the centre is the chapel, with caretaker's house to the W and a vestry and stables to the E. Constructed of large blocks of random masonry under a slate roof with boarded eaves. Blue brick ridge stack to house. Much of the W gable is slate hung and the E gable is partially boarded. Though the 3 parts are distinct, the style of the openings suggest they are contemporary. The vestry and stables are said to have been built of stone left over from the construction of the chapel.

The front elevation of the chapel contains 2 simple, planked doors, one at each end, under cambered heads with voussoirs. Between the doors are 2 windows under similar heads. They each have a central transom and stained and patterned glass, and are said to be replacements for original windows which might have been sashes with margin glazing. To the rear are 2 high cast iron 12-pane windows under round, voussoired heads, each with an opening light.

The caretaker's house to the W has a simple planked door to the front, which replaces a blocked doorway at the W end of the elevation which has a similar head to those of the chapel. There are 2 square window openings, now boarded, one next to the door and one above. There is a similar opening almost at ground level in the W gable end. To the rear is a small 1 storey range in brick and masonry under a pitched roof with a planked door to the E and 2 small cast iron windows to the N. The vestry to the E is entered at first floor level through a top-lit planked door, via external masonry steps. The E gable end is boarded (vertically) and has partially decorated barge boards. It contains 2 tall 8-pane cast iron windows. The lower storey of the E gable contains 2 planked doors near the centre, and a small light to each side suggesting 2 stables. There is a small detached privy to the N which is of masonry under a corrugated tin roof.

The pulpit is on the N lateral side, but is said to have been moved from the S side. The windows on the N elevation may have been inserted when this re-ordering occurred. There are 5 rows of pews with carved ends, and 3 rows of pews at right angles to each side of the pulpit. No gallery. Wood panelling to lower sections of walls. Vestibules round the doors.

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