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
- twisted-vault-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1971
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Cadw listing
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.
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