Ffynnon Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 June 1971. Chapel.

Ffynnon Baptist Chapel

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 June 1971
Type
Chapel
Address
Ffynnon Baptist Chapel, Llanddewi Velfrey
OS grid reference
SN 136 168
Coordinates
51.81956, -4.70523
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ffynnon Baptist Chapel is a plain building from the 19th century, oriented north to south, with its entrance located in the center of the long east wall. The chapel features rendered walls and a slightly projecting plinth, topped by a hipped slate roof. Both the front and side elevations rise two storeys and include full-height windows on the west side, behind the pulpit. The front elevation is adorned with decorative arches made of limestone voussoirs above the entrance and the two flanking windows. The 20th-century joinery includes a boarded door with a glazed fanlight that incorporates a mullion, as well as windows with thin mullions and transoms, featuring leaded glazing.

Inside, the chapel is accessed through a wide shallow lobby, which is separated from the main interior by a panelled timber screen. This screen has two central windows that are glazed with patterned glass and colored margin lights. The symmetrical doors leading into the main interior are set at an angle, with symmetrical stairs on each side leading up to the gallery.

The interior boasts a fine gallery that extends along three sides, supported by five thin round columns made of cast iron. Two of the columns, located at the corners, are wider than the others, while the central column bears the embossed date of 1832. These columns are from the same foundry as those found in Carvan (Lampeter Velfrey). The balcony front features plain fielded panels. Below, the seating is contemporary and arranged in three blocks, with a central division that emphasizes the symmetrical layout of the space.

At the west end, there is a fine pulpit flanked by two full-height windows with small leaded panes and colored margin glazing. The pulpit itself has a panelled center with an overhang supported by two timber columns. Each side of the pulpit features a balustraded extension and curving symmetrical balustraded stairs, complete with swept handrails and turned newels. Below the panelled and balustered front, there is a vertical-boarded lower stage.

Local climate

Ffynnon Baptist Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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