Capel Sul

Capel Sul is an Italianate-style chapel dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of roughcast and stucco, with a concrete-tile hipped roof. The building has a large, three-storey, five-window facade to the west and east, and a three-window north entrance facade. Deep eaves are supported by console brackets, and attic windows break through the eaves on the west and east sides. Channelled angle piers are a prominent feature. Ground floor windows have stucco architraves, while first-floor windows have fuller architraves with cornices on consoles. Upper floors have plain window surrounds, with 4-pane sashes on the ground floor and leaded cross-windows above. The right bay on both the west and east fronts was altered in 1924 to accommodate a stairwell; a first-floor window was removed with its architrave carried down. The west garden front is similar in design. A two-storey, one-window wing is situated at the southwest angle. The north front retains consoled cornices on the first two windows, incorporated into the heads of long window features, with casements over square blank panels. A 1924 entrance is located centrally, framed by giant pilasters with a cornice and topped with a semi-circular hoodmould. Above the entrance, a pilastrade contains three miniature windows, and a panelled double door with a three-light overlight is set within a deep, cove, channelled surround. A border frames the words 'CAPEL SUL' in raised lettering.

The cellars are brick vaulted, with wine bins. The ground floor was originally used as a schoolroom. The chapel’s interior, designed over two levels, is notable for its complex arrangement, effectively creating aisles beneath a steeply hipped roof over the central auditorium and a panelled, flat ceiling over the side galleries. The aisles are formed by gallery piers extending upwards to support the longitudinal beams of the hipped roof at their intersection with the tie-beams of the four roof trusses. The beams are of large section, moulded, and likely steel clad in timber. Tie-beams have a tall triple arcade above, leading to a ceiled roof. A three-sided gallery features long panels with open balustrading under a top rail, with curved angles. Square timber piers extend through the gallery and upwards to ornate paired console brackets supporting the longitudinal beams. The gallery includes raked pews, and there is an organ above the entrance lobby. The lower level has pews arranged in a central aisle. The pulpit is accessed by twisted-baluster steps and features a panelled front with canted sides and an ornate back in a mannered 17th-century classical style, with a semi-circular top panel carved with a radiating shell pattern. A plaque from the 1831 chapel in Ferry Road is displayed in the ground floor lobby.