Capel Y Wig is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 February 1996. Factory.
Capel Y Wig
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-mantel-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1996
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Capel Y Wig, Pontgarreg, Llangrannog
- OS grid reference
- SN 343 547
- Coordinates
- 52.16597, -4.42337
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Capel Y Wig is a 19th-century chapel constructed from squared sandstone ashlar, with some square rubble at the front and squared rubble on the sides. It features a slate roof with deep eaves supported by curved brackets from a painted eaves band. The gable front has an open pedimental design, with a large recessed arch breaking into the pediment, which is adorned with stone voussoirs. The sides of the pediment also have a similar band and brackets, above ashlar sections that contain long arched windows. The windows have late 19th or early 20th century 2-light timber tracery with roundels.
The centre of the building has squared rubble on the ground floor, flanking a projected ashlar section that frames an arched doorway with stone voussoirs. This doorway features 20th-century doors and a crescent-shaped overlight. A simple cornice is present, which is broken forward over the projection. The first floor has a large timber-traceried window, likely replacing a small-paned Venetian window, with a 2-light arched centre, roundel, and narrow flat-headed sidelights, all topped with stone voussoirs. Above the window, there is a diamond slate plaque. The sides of the building are squared rubble with three long arched windows, while the rear has two similar windows.
Inside, there is a three-sided gallery with curved angles and long horizontal panels beneath sections of pierced cast iron. The gallery is supported by plain iron columns and features raked pews. The ceiling is timber boarded and panelled, flat in design, and there is a balustraded curved great seat. The pulpit has steps on each side and a 2-panel front with Gothic panelling, with a plaster arch behind it.
Local climate
Capel Y Wig sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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