Bettws Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 January 1998. Chapel.
Bettws Chapel
- WRENN ID
- turning-foundation-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1998
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Bettws Chapel, Abergavenny, Crucorney, Monmouthshire
- OS grid reference
- SO 297 193
- Coordinates
- 51.86794, -3.02104
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bettws Chapel is a small rectangular single cell building with medieval origins. The walls are constructed of red sandstone rubble, while the Victorian rebuilding features square cut and rock-faced stone. The openings are dressed in freestone, and the roof is made of Welsh slate.
The entrance gable includes a door framed in pointed arch ashlar, and above it is a 2-light ashlar plate tracery window with stone mullions and trefoil heads. At the apex of the gable, there is a small bellcote, and to the right, a tall ashlar stack with a round shaft and tapered top serves as a kneeler. The street elevation features a medieval doorway with a pointed head, which is blocked and located well above the current ground level. Next to this is another 2-light window similar to the one above the door. The base of this wall displays medieval masonry, while the east gable is primarily medieval and includes a 3-light window with lancet lights and a gable cross. The north wall was not observed during the resurvey in May 1997.
The interior was also not seen during the resurvey but is noted to have Victorian fittings and a plastered finish that conceals its medieval origins.
Local climate
Bettws Chapel receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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