Molleston Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 October 1997. Chapel.

Molleston Baptist Chapel

WRENN ID
ancient-ledge-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 October 1997
Type
Chapel
Address
Molleston Baptist Chapel, Templeton
OS grid reference
SN 094 118
Coordinates
51.77289, -4.76384
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Molleston Baptist Chapel is a very plain building with a front gable facing southeast. It features a slate roof and a rendered exterior that includes a plinth, rusticated corners, a decorative band around the openings, a name plaque, barge-boards, and a simple wrought-iron finial. Above a round-headed doorway, there is a single round-headed window with coloured margin glazing and two main panes that are trefoil-headed. The panelled doors are set deeply within the wall thickness.

On the sides of the chapel, there are three tall round-headed windows.

An oval marble plaque on the front gable states, "Molleston Baptist Chapel, Built 1731, at the expense of Thomas George, Molleston. Enlarged AD 1842, Renovated AD 1883."

Inside, there is an anteroom with symmetrical stairs leading to the gallery, and two doors that open into the chapel. The chapel has a layout featuring three main blocks of pews and a three-sided gallery. There is a removable floor above the baptismal pool.

The pulpit is accessed by two flights of stairs and features joinery in gothic style. Large carved timber and brass lamp standards are positioned on each side of the reading desk. Behind the pulpit, there is an arched recess with moulding and brackets, along with war memorial plaques on either side.

The gallery is supported by decorative cast iron columns, with the front displaying intricate fretwork and extending beyond the column line with deep, narrowly-spaced brackets. The gallery has raking seats and posts at intervals that were previously used as standards for gas lamps. Additional gas lamps were located at the column positions at the front of the gallery.

Local climate

Molleston Baptist Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% 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 9 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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