Capel Gosen

This chapel, built in the 1906-7, is constructed of pebbledash and stucco with a slate roof and bracket eaves. It demonstrates an Edwardian free style influenced by classical architecture. The two-storey, four-window facade facing the road was originally the long wall entry, reflecting an earlier layout. Architectural details include a stucco plinth, a deep band under the eaves, broad quoin pilasters, and vertically-linked window surrounds, with the pebbledash filling the spaces between. The windows are leaded, primarily two-light with top-lights (the top-lights were altered in the 20th century but retain their original form at the rear). Upper windows feature small corbelling beneath their sills. Linking panels between floors are plain with raised strip sides, similar to those above the upper windows.

The eastern, gabled entrance front has quoin pilasters, an open pedimental gable with paired brackets and a small dentil course. A prominent half-round feature on the first floor contains three long, leaded windows divided by plain mullions, flanked by channelled rustication. A moulded arch and sill band are also present. The ground floor is pebbledashed, showcasing an ornate, unpainted stucco doorcase that projects outward with quadrant-curved sides. The double doors are housed within an arched doorway featuring a large, traceried-and-leaded fanlight whose glazing echoes that of the main window above. A keystone sits under a shouldered, segmental curved pediment.

The interior, entirely dating to 1906-7, is characteristic of the work of J.H. Morgan. A complex, five-bay roof spans the space, with the central portion open only to collar level. This section is defined by three posts with angle struts on either side of the central post and on the outer sides of the outer posts. Plaster panels are framed by heavy longitudinal beams, separating them from flat plaster panels alongside. A three-sided gallery projects out on brackets from square timber, fluted posts, with under paneling, a cornice with brackets, and a dwarf balustrade. Fluted pilasters support each post, with curved angles throughout. Raked gallery pews are arranged in three blocks, creating two aisles, with the outer blocks canted. The end lobby features a five-light Gothic timber traceried window with coloured leaded lights, alongside two doors also with coloured glass panels. A plain 'set fawr' sits alongside a pulpit accessed by steps, which includes a panelled cupboard and an open three-bay arcade with twisted columns and segmental-arched, shouldered heads. This arcade is topped by a moulded cornice, outer pilasters, and an ornate back featuring radiating-bar panelling within a recessed, pilastered surround. A deep cornice with roundels and triglyphs in the frieze, topped by a steep pediment, completes the pulpit’s design.