Capel Bigawdin is a Grade II* listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 1966. Chapel.
Capel Bigawdin
- WRENN ID
- waiting-nave-willow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1966
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Capel Bigawdin, Porthyrhyd, Llanddarog
- OS grid reference
- SN 511 147
- Coordinates
- 51.81119, -4.16056
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Capel Bigawdin is a small ruined chapel with a stream flowing through it. The walls are made of rubble stone, standing to full height in the west and east walls, which still show putlog holes. The north wall is reduced to half its original height, while the south wall serves as a retaining wall for a steep bank. There is a pointed west doorway that is double chamfered. Above this doorway is a 2-light square-headed window featuring chamfered mullions, designed in the style of the 16th century. A gabled bellcote is partially collapsed. Inside, the west wall has a corbelled niche located to the upper right of the doorway, and the north wall also contains a small corbelled niche. The east wall retains a window opening, although the dressings have been removed.
Local climate
Capel Bigawdin sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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