Providence Baptist Chapel, Cwmdu is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 March 1988. A 19th century Chapel.

Providence Baptist Chapel, Cwmdu

WRENN ID
final-groin-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 March 1988
Type
Chapel
Period
19th century
Address
Providence Baptist Chapel, Cwmdu, Talley
OS grid reference
SN 635 302
Coordinates
51.95378, -3.98753
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Providence Baptist Chapel in Cwmdu is a chapel built in 1789, rebuilt in 1839, and renovated in 1883. The building features a rendered and painted long front with a lateral slate roof and wide eaves. It has two tall round-arched windows with Y-tracery on either side of a central round-arched doorway, which includes a Y-traceried fanlight and double panelled doors. The gable end is half slate-hung and has a tall window similar to those at the front. The rear is constructed of whitewashed rubble and also has two windows like those at the front.

Inside, there is a three-sided gallery with a panelled and corbelled front supported by marbled cast iron columns with foliate capitals. The rear of the timber pulpit is framed by an elaborate classical round-arched plaster design. The chapel features a large seat with a timber half-rail and turned wooden balusters, with newels topped by ball finials. The ceiling is a simple flat ribbed plaster design with a central rose, and the lobby window includes marginal and incised coloured panes.

Local climate

Providence Baptist Chapel, Cwmdu 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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