Brynberian Independent Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 December 1997. Chapel.

Brynberian Independent Chapel

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 December 1997
Type
Chapel
Address
Brynberian Independent Chapel, Crymych, Eglwyswrw
OS grid reference
SN 102 351
Coordinates
51.98242, -4.76421
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Brynberian Independent Chapel is a building constructed from squared rubble stone, topped with a slate eaves roof. The eaves feature paired brackets and a fretted roundel pattern on the eaves board. The lateral facade includes two large central windows and two outer doors, all arched with painted Cilgerran stone recessed voussoirs. A roundel plaque in the center reads: "Brynberian Independent Chapel Built 1690, Rebuilt 1808, Rebuilt 1843, Restored 1882, Restored 1961. Rev. E. Lewis Minister." The windows have small panes with Gothic glazing bars at the heads, which are also reflected in the door fanlights. The doors are double 4-panel doors from the 20th century. The left end wall is clad in zinc sheet and features one gallery light with a later 19th-century sash window. The right end has a similar window, while the rear has two long flat-headed windows.

The interior dates from 1882 to 1884 and includes pews arranged in a double center block with additional blocks on each side. There are plain benches in the great seat, which have ball finials. The pulpit features a canted front with a diagonal-cross pattern on the panels, and steps on each side with ball finials on the newels. The pulpit-back is plastered and has console brackets supporting an arched head. A gallery extends on three sides, supported by fluted iron columns. The gallery has curved angles and a cornice beneath long horizontal panels, each side containing a small square center panel. The center front of the gallery features a clock. There are lobbies under the gallery ends with an internal window made of colored and etched glass. The ceiling has been clad in the 20th century.

Local climate

Brynberian Independent Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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