Ty Rhos Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 April 1994. Chapel.
Ty Rhos Chapel
- WRENN ID
- waning-remnant-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1994
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Ty Rhos Chapel, Rhos Hill, Cilgerran
- OS grid reference
- SN 194 408
- Coordinates
- 52.0366, -4.63309
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Ty Rhos Chapel is an Independent chapel built in 1859, constructed of rubble stone with cut Cilgerran stone dressings and a slate roof. The chapel features a gable-fronted, two-storey, three-bay elevation. It has arched small-paned windows on the upper level, cambered-headed 16-pane sash windows below, and a central arched doorway with double 4-panel doors and a radiating-bar fanlight. The window heads are made of cut stone, recessed with raised keystones, and there are slate sills. The gable includes paired brackets, later 20th-century render, and a small keyed roundel in cut stone. Above the door, there is a roundel plaque that reads 'Tyrhos Congregational Chapel Built AD 1815 Rebuilt AD 1859'. The side walls have three rendered windows that match those on the front.
In 1881, spearhead railings were added to a low coped wall, which includes a gateway with two plain slate piers topped with pyramid caps. The double gates feature wrought iron scrolls and spearheads. Historical photographs indicate that the entire front was once stuccoed.
Inside, the chapel has a three-sided gallery supported by three marbled columns, raised above the level of the pews. The gallery front is high and vertically panelled, with pine pews and a plain great seat. There is an arched recess behind the balustraded pulpit. The lobby features a traceried centre window with coloured glass panes, and the gallery stairs are located in the angles.
Local climate
Ty Rhos 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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