Carvan Congregational Chapel

The chapel is of long-wall-entry type, facing SW. Rendered walls, with rustication worked in the render up to lower sill level and as quoins. Hipped slate roof. Entered by symmetrically placed doors, one each side of the pulpit. Range of four windows to the front, consisting of one window at high level above each door and two flanking middle level windows (above pulpit). Replaced joinery. Small name plaques with the date of the original chapel (1797) are displayed at high level centrally on the front and rear elevations.

The gallery, round three sides, with curved angles, and the pulpit are the most conspicuous features of the interior. The gallery is carried on five round cast-iron columns. These are about 12 to 13 cm diameter, three of them carrying the date 1833 in raised numerals. The columns are clearly from the same foundry as those of Ffynnon chapel in Llanddewi Velfrey. The front is of fielded panelling without decoration. The seating on the gallery is in three rows with raised corner seating to ensure optimum visibility of the pulpit from all points.

The pulpit has six steps each side, balustrading front and rear with moulded newels and finials, and a panelled front. Two very tall late-C19 brass lamp standards. Behind the pulpit are two round-headed windows. The Big Seat before the pulpit is raised one step; the seat is curved at the corners. The seating of the congregation faces forwards and inwards and has a complete division on the central axis. Slight rake to the floor.

Symmetrically at each side of the pulpit is a small entrance lobby, with paving of decorative quarry tiles. From each lobby a door leads to the main interior of the chapel and stairs lead to the gallery. The doors to the main interior are half-glazed with etched margin panes. The stairs are slate with sandstone treads. At mid height there is a gallery door to each flight and the stairs above are of timber.

The interior preserves its 1832-3 layout unaltered apart from a pew alteration for the insertion of a harmonium.