Capel Bryn Evan is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 September 2000. Chapel.

Capel Bryn Evan

WRENN ID
vacant-granite-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 September 2000
Type
Chapel
Address
Capel Bryn Evan, Bryn Iwan, Carmarthen, Cynwyl Elfed
OS grid reference
SN 316 314
Coordinates
51.95593, -4.45172
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Capel Bryn Evan is a chapel built from grey slatey rubble stone, featuring a hipped slate roof that overhangs at the eaves. The long wall facade includes two arched windows and two outer square gallery lights, all adorned with recessed sandstone voussoirs. The building has a raised plinth and two doors located in rubble stone enclosed gabled porches, which also have raised plinths, arched doorways, stone voussoirs, framed ledged doors, and traceried fanlights. Each end wall has one ground floor 20th-century window; the left end wall is roughcast, while the right end window features stone voussoirs. The rear of the chapel has two first floor 16-pane sash windows set in brick surrounds and a ground floor 20th-century blockwork lean-to to the left of two added buttresses.

Inside, the chapel showcases painted grained woodwork throughout. The pews are arranged in three blocks, featuring boarded backs, roll-moulded tops, shaped bench-ends, and single-panel doors. A simple set fawr includes a similar roll-mould to the curved-ended bench. The pulpit has a three-sided canted front with painted grained panels, a moulded rail, and posts on each side topped with shaped finials. There is a flanking short concave curved rail with two turned balusters on each side leading to a matching newel at the top of a short flight of steps, which also has matching balusters and newels. The pulpit back is panelled up to window sill level, with a plaster arch above that features panelled pilasters, console brackets, and an ornate moulded arch. Within the arch is a panel with a cusped arched head. Timber enclosed lobbies are present on each side, with enclosed stairs leading to the gallery.

The gallery is three-sided and supported by five iron columns, featuring a deep cornice beneath horizontal panels with panelled pilasters in between, curved angles, and a moulded cornice. The gallery detail, particularly the arrow-shaped pilaster panels, is reminiscent of designs by the Rev Thomas Thomas of Landore, with contrasting light and dark graining. The stepped gallery pews have high panelled backs that curve to align with the gallery's shape. The ceiling features a small coved cornice, a ribbed border with pierced square vents, and an acanthus centre rose, along with 20th-century acoustic tiles.

Local climate

Capel Bryn Evan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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