Capel Mynach and chapel house attached to left is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 September 2000. A 19th century Chapel. 2 related planning applications.

Capel Mynach and chapel house attached to left

WRENN ID
calm-paling-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 September 2000
Type
Chapel
Period
19th century
Address
Capel Mynach and chapel house attached to left, SY23 4QZ
OS grid reference
SN 736 768
Coordinates
52.37491, -3.85744
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a chapel dating from 1858, built for the Calvinistic Methodists, with a chapel house attached to its left. The chapel is roughcast with a slate roof. The front gable has two tall, triangular-headed windows with small panes, and a central door, all with diagonally-intersected bars in their heads. A framed boarded double door serves the entrance. A triangular-headed plaque above the door reads "Capel Mynach Trefnyddion Calfinaidd Adeiladwyd yn y flwyddyn 1858." The sides of the chapel have two further windows of similar design, with the left side facing the road and incorporating the attached chapel house. The chapel house is set back and is a two-storey, two-window range with 12-pane sash windows and an overlighted door. The upper windows and door were replaced in the 20th century. A red brick stack is located at the left end of the chapel house.

Inside, the chapel has a simple interior with painted, grained, numbered box pews slightly raked towards the rear, with ramped top rails. Originally, there were three blocks of pews, but those at the front of the right side were removed, as were the blocks to the right of the set fawr (the area from which services are led). Two inward-facing blocks remain, on either side of the set fawr. The pews have plain panelled backs, and moulded surrounds to the door panels. Similar panelling is found at the set fawr enclosure, which projects and has doors set at canted angles. The platform has turned balusters, and a canted projecting front to the pulpit features contrasted painted graining. Steps lead to the platform, with the top balusters hinged as a gate. A painted arch is present behind the platform, similar to that at Siloa Independent Chapel, Cwmerfyn. A central, rear lobby provides access via doors on either side, and has a small-paned window with coloured glass margins at the front. The plaster ceiling has a moulded cornice and four plain roundels.

Local climate

Capel Mynach and chapel house attached to left 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 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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