Capel Y Rhiw is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 June 1997. Place of worship.

Capel Y Rhiw

WRENN ID
sacred-pillar-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 June 1997
Type
Place of worship
Address
Capel Y Rhiw, Rhiwdywyll, Tregaron
OS grid reference
SN 698 589
Coordinates
52.21311, -3.90654
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Capel Y Rhiw is a small chapel built from rubble stone and topped with a slate roof. The building features two arched windows, which have stone voussoirs and heavy stone sills. The windows are fitted with small-paned sashes that have radiating-bar heads. To the right of the windows, there is a door with a single-stone lintel and a 20th-century door.

Inside, the chapel has a simple plastered interior that includes pews and desks made from a combination of cast iron and timber. There is also a small plain pulpit.

Local climate

Capel Y Rhiw sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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