Bethesda Capel Bach is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 January 1999. Chapel.

Bethesda Capel Bach

WRENN ID
second-rampart-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 January 1999
Type
Chapel
Address
Bethesda Capel Bach, Llangennech Village, Llangennech
OS grid reference
SN 559 019
Coordinates
51.69795, -4.08563
Source
Cadw listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Bethesda Capel Bach is a 19th-century chapel aligned north to south, featuring a rendered exterior and a slate roof that is hipped at both ends, with the ridge and hips tiled. The entrance is located at the north end, which has two tall pointed windows with equilateral arches flanking a central doorway. A name plaque is positioned centrally at a high level. The windows are framed with a simple surround in relief that mimics plain pilasters and voussoirs, and they have stone sills supported by brackets. The window frames have been replaced. The entrance doors are double and set within a doorcase that includes freestanding columns at the front and a simple timber entablature. These columns rest on brick plinth-blocks. On the west side of the chapel, some windows have been walled up, while two similar windows are located beside the pulpit on the rear (south) elevation. There is a small extension to the right.

Inside, there is a small anteroom with a coloured glass window that overlooks the chapel. Stairs on either side lead to a gallery, which features four-panel doors that are symmetrical. The interior retains few original features, although there is a recess with a Gothic canopy at the pulpit position and a boarded dado. The ceiling is divided diagonally by ribs into four panels, with a large decorative plasterwork roundel at the center. The gallery encircles three sides of the chapel and has a front made up of broad panels, supported by four almost plain round columns approximately 100 mm in diameter. The stairs to the gallery on each side have simple turned newels and inch-square balusters. The gallery contains four rows of seating above the entrance and two rows on the sides, with the seating being plain and featuring panelled backs.

Local climate

Bethesda Capel Bach sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Bethesda Chapel Grade II 33 m
  2. Church of St Cennych (aka St Gwynog) Grade II 135 m
  3. Capel Salem Grade II 245 m
  4. Hen Gapel (also known as Tynewedd Chapel) Grade II 1.9 km
  5. Cornish Engine House of Penprys Colliery Grade II 1.9 km
  6. Viaduct at Morlais Junction East (partly in Grovesend community) Grade II 2.3 km
  7. Viaduct at Morlais Junction East (partly in Llanedi community) Grade II 2.4 km
  8. Goitre Wen Farmhouse with adjacent Walled Yards and Garden Grade II 2.8 km
  9. Goitre Wen Farmyard: Cartsheds and Sties Grade II 2.8 km
  10. Goitre Wen Stables and Domestic Offices Grade II 2.8 km