Pensarn former Calvanistic Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 February 1996. Chapel.

Pensarn former Calvanistic Methodist Chapel

WRENN ID
buried-soffit-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 February 1996
Type
Chapel
Address
Pensarn former Calvanistic Methodist Chapel, Caerwedros, Llandysiliogogo
OS grid reference
SN 381 548
Coordinates
52.16778, -4.36861
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former Calvanistic Methodist Chapel at Pensarn, built in 1795 and altered in 1833, features rubble walls that were once plastered and a slate roof with projecting eaves and bargeboards. The front has four bays with two large round-arched windows in the center, each containing 9/6-pane sashes with radiating upper glazing. Smaller upper windows in the outer bays have similar glazing. The windows have slate sills and are framed by stone voussoirs. The front also includes matching outer doors, which are paired 2-panel doors topped with 6-pane fanlights that have radiating glazing bars, also supported by stone voussoirs. A slate plaque at the upper center reads: "Pensarn. A Adeiladwyd yn y Flwyddyn 1795. Aca adeiladwyd yn y Flwyddyn 1833." Additionally, there is a slate memorial attached to the front beneath the right-hand long window, commemorating David Davies of Pen'ralltgoch (1765-1845), the first Deacon at Pensarn.

The right gable end facing the road features a 12-pane hornless sash window on each storey, both with cambered stone voussoired heads. A similar window is located on the first floor of the left end. The rear of the chapel has two similar windows on each storey, all with slate sills.

In front, there is a small courtyard enclosed by a rubble wall along the road, which has paired late 19th-century cast iron gates with scrolled finials and curved bracing, supported by square dressed stone piers. The interior fittings have been dismantled, but it retains a flat plaster ceiling with two small plaster roundels.

Local climate

Pensarn former Calvanistic Methodist Chapel 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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