Tan House Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 June 1993. Chapel.

Tan House Chapel

WRENN ID
broken-copper-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 June 1993
Type
Chapel
Address
Tan House Chapel, Llanfihangel Rhydithon
OS grid reference
SO 159 673
Coordinates
52.29761, -3.2339
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Tan House Chapel is a single-storey building with a square plan, constructed in 1854 as a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel. The exterior is rendered and features incised mock ashlar blocks, a low plinth, wide boarded eaves, and a slate roof. The central entrance is located behind an enclosed timber porch, with a door made of narrow boards and an arched head. On either side of the entrance are pointed-arch windows with plain large-pane glazing, and the left side has a taller arched window with a tracery head. The rear elevation includes two eight-pane sash windows with slightly cambered heads.

The chapel is complemented by forecourt railings and a gate, which are spear-headed and set on a low rubble plinth. Inside, there is a gallery above the entry with a raked underside, supported by two squared posts. The gallery features a panelled front with chamfered stiles and a moulded top rail. The interior also includes a low panelled pulpit, with flanking steps that have turned balusters, and a matchboarded dado. A stone plaque above the porch reads: "Tan House Chapel Welsh Calvinistic Methodist erected 1854. Reverence my Sanctuary I am the Lord."

Local climate

Tan House Chapel receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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