Zion Baptist Chapel and attached chapel house is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 July 2000. A Victorian Chapel. 1 related planning application.

Zion Baptist Chapel and attached chapel house

WRENN ID
haunted-groin-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 July 2000
Type
Chapel
Period
Victorian
Address
Zion Baptist Chapel and attached chapel house, Cwmbelan, Llangurig, SY18 6RG
OS grid reference
SN 945 816
Coordinates
52.42229, -3.55226
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Zion Baptist Chapel and attached chapel house date from the early 19th century, with subsequent alterations. The chapel was initially erected in 1827, rebuilt in 1857, and enlarged in 1860. It is constructed of colour-washed stucco with a slate roof. The simple, small-scale design features two large arched windows along the long wall, a door, and a single window to the right-hand end wall. A small, two-storey chapel house is set back to the left. The windows are small-paned, 16-pane sashes, with radiating bars to the heads and slate sills. A plaque above the entrance reads: "Zion Baptist Chapel erected AD 1827 Rebuilt AD 1857 Enlarged AD 1860. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved." The door on the left-hand end wall has a slated pedimental hood supported by console brackets, with added timber posts and side panels. A 16-pane sash window is located to the right. The rear wall is of rubble stone and windowless. The chapel house to the left was refronted in the late 19th century using yellow brick, creating a two-storey, double-fronted facade with 20th-century casement windows and a central door. The end wall of the chapel house is of rubble stone with a yellow brick stack.

Inside the chapel, the pulpit is positioned on the front wall between the windows, and the space is fitted with painted, grained box pews raked up to the rear in six steps, arranged in three blocks. A harmonium stands in front of the central block pew. Matching pews and a 'set fawr' (a traditional Welsh communion table) flank the pulpit on either side. The small pulpit has a two-panel front and short steps from the left, with an arched hoodmould on the wall behind. The ceiling is plain.

Local climate

Zion Baptist Chapel and attached chapel house sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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