Capel Llwynrhydowen (New Chapel) is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 January 1993. Chapel.
Capel Llwynrhydowen (New Chapel)
- WRENN ID
- kindled-ashlar-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1993
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Capel Llwynrhydowen (New Chapel), Rhydowen, Llandysul
- OS grid reference
- SN 441 458
- Coordinates
- 52.08903, -4.27622
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Capel Llwynrhydowen, also known as New Chapel, is a Unitarian chapel designed by Watkin Davies of Llandysul, built to replace the original chapel from 1834 at the crossroads. The chapel is constructed from snecked rubble stone and features a slate roof. The end facade is made of rock-faced grey stone and is adorned with extensive ashlar dressings. It has arched windows, and the end facade includes a pedimental gable above a recessed arched center that breaks through the impost cornice. The side bays are accented with rusticated quoins and a raised plinth.
The center of the facade features a projecting enclosed gabled porch with coped gables and a finial, along with panelled doors, an overlight, and a flat ashlar lintel. Above the porch, there is a triplet of arched windows with a sill course, pilaster piers, moulded arches, and keystones. Beneath the main arch, there is a plaque that reads 'Capel Llwynrhydowen 1879'. In the gable above the arch, there is a narrow vent that is pilastered and arch-headed. The side windows are long, featuring flush unmoulded arched heads, flush rusticated sides, and raised keystones.
The sides of the chapel have four similar arched windows set in plain rubble surrounds. All the windows are fitted with marginal glazing bars, some of which contain coloured glass panels.
Inside, there is an end gallery supported by two fluted iron columns, with a panelled front above a heavily bracketted cornice. The ceiling features a panelled flat center with deep coved plaster sides and timber ribs. The pulpit includes balusters leading to the steps and has a panelled front.
Local climate
Capel Llwynrhydowen (New Chapel) 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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