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
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1998
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The medieval walling is of red sandstone rubble, the Victorian rebuilding is square cut and rock faced, and the openings are dressed in freestone, Welsh slate roof. Small rectangular single cell building. The entrance gable has a door in a pointed arch ashlar frame, above is a 2-light ashlar plate tracery window with stone mullion and trefoil heads. The apex carries a small bellcote, the right kneeler a tall ashlar stack with a round shaft and tapered top. The street elevation has a medieval doorway with pointed head, this is blocked and well above the current ground level. To the right of this a 2-light window as before. This wall has medieval masonry at the base, while the east gable is largely medieval with a 3-light window with lancet lights. Gable cross. The north wall was not seen at resurvey (May 1997).
Interior not seen at resurvey (May 1997). It is recorded as having Victorian fittings and a plastered interior which hides the evidence of its medieval origins.
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