Capel Soar and attached house is a Grade II* listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1997. Chapel and attached house.
Capel Soar and attached house
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1997
- Type
- Chapel and attached house
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Capel Soar and the attached house are notable structures built from whitewashed rubble stone, topped with a single slate roof. The chapel, which is a single-storey building, is located to the right, while the two-storey house is to the left and features two stone ridge stacks. The chapel's facade is simple, featuring two arched long windows in the center and flat-headed outer doors, all adorned with stone voussoirs. The windows, which have late 19th-century Y-tracery, are set on stone sills. The doors are double and consist of two panels each. The rear wall of the chapel has two long windows with cambered heads and marginal glazing bars, also set on stone sills, while the north end wall is rendered and whitewashed.
The house, situated between the stacks, has a 12-pane sash window on each floor and a door to the left. To the left of the left ridge stack, there is another similar door, possibly leading to a stable, and a matching 12-pane sash window above. The ground floor openings of the house feature stone voussoirs, and the main door is a 20th-century six-panel design. The first-floor sashes are hornless. The rear of the house includes a 12-pane sash window on the left side on each floor, with the lower one being smaller and having a slab lintel. There is also a six-pane stair-light with a slab lintel, followed by another 12-pane sash window on the first floor to the right. The south end wall has a window on each floor, which has been boarded over since 1996.
Inside, the chapel has a simple layout without galleries. The plaster ceiling features a coved cornice and a crude rose. The seating consists of tightly packed box pews, which are panelled with a moulded top-rail and slightly raked. There are four main blocks of pews, two facing the pulpit, which extends to the back of the great seat, with a passage and one block on each side featuring angled pews. Two small blocks are located between the door and the pulpit on each side, along with one on each side wall. The great seat resembles the pews and is a simple bench with doors at each end. The pulpit, likely from the later 19th century, features turned balusters on the steps on each side, newels with finials, an arched panel on the pulpit front, and consoles beneath the book-rest. A painted scroll behind the pulpit reads 'Duw cariad yw'.
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