Providence Independent Chapel, vestry, house and railed forecourt. is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 1999. Chapel, vestry, house.

Providence Independent Chapel, vestry, house and railed forecourt.

WRENN ID
fallen-rampart-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 July 1999
Type
Chapel, vestry, house
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Providence Independent Chapel, along with its attached vestry, chapel house, and railed forecourt, dates primarily from the 18th century, with substantial alterations and additions in the 19th century. The chapel itself is built of rock-faced squared Pennant stone with sandstone ashlar dressings, topped with a slate roof and decorative bargeboards to the gable. The front facade features a plinth, flush quoins, ashlar surrounds to the openings, and a raised course under the pedimental gable, which includes a date plaque and two small, louvred, keyed roundels. The main facade is arranged with three bays, displaying long arched side windows, a broad elliptical arched central window, and a broad arched doorway. The windows have timber glazing of a Florentine style, consisting of two lights with a roundel in the head; the centre window has four arched lights but with roundels above the two central lights. Stone sills are present, and the doorway leads to a centre panelled double door with a crescent overlight and roundel.

The side walls are of unpainted stucco, featuring three long arched windows, a moulded impost band, and arches. A vestry is attached to the northeast corner, with a basement underneath. The vestry's entrance gable replicates the chapel's gable but only shows the left side and centre, with a cambered-headed door, a similar overlight, and a single long arched window, all with moulded arches and impost bands. A keyed roundel with quatrefoil timber tracery is set in the gable. The side wall of the vestry has a basement window, a door, and another window, positioned below a schoolroom with four cambered-headed sash windows with marginal glazing bars. A moulded band steps over the window heads, and a plain band separates the floors. The rear elevation is similar, but includes a wall-face chimney.

To the left of the vestry stands the chapel house, featuring a left-end stack, a two-storey, one-window range, and a 20th-century PVC door on the left side.

The forecourt is enclosed by spearhead railings and gates supported by ornate openwork square piers manufactured by the Coalbrookdale Iron Company.

The chapel’s interior, dating from 1883, features a three-sided gallery and a plastered ceiling. A large central rose incorporates a gasolier (now electrified) with moulded ribs that extend diagonally to a herring-bone bordered area, punctuated by pierced wood ventilation panels at the corners. A plain cornice borders the ceiling. The gallery rests on three rows of three cast iron columns, each adorned with leaf capitals and painted marbling. A marbled cornice runs along the gallery, supporting fretwork beneath the front panelled sections, which are divided by pilasters with arched panels and moulded capitals. A central clock by E. Parry, Llangadog, is present, flanked by short panels and curved angles. The chapel contains pitch pine pews arranged in three blocks, with the outer blocks canted and inward-facing pews at the front. Curved gallery pews and a 'set fawr' are also included. The pulpit features a canted front, fretwork decoration, and curving stairs with plain balusters on either side. The pulpit back is plastered and panelled with pilasters, console brackets, and a moulded arch with a keystone. A canted lobby contains a traceried two-light window with coloured and etched marginal glass, a tiled floor, painted grained stairs to the galleries, and two lobby doors.

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