Penuel Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1998. Chapel.
Penuel Chapel
- WRENN ID
- nether-pier-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1998
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Penuel Chapel, Rhiangoll Valley, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, NP8 1RT
- OS grid reference
- SO 185 247
- Coordinates
- 51.91516, -3.18545
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Penuel Chapel is a small chapel constructed of rubble stone that has been painted white, featuring a slate roof and a stack at the left end. The front of the chapel includes large 12-pane hornless sash windows on either side of the center, with 16-pane windows that have a central pivot at both ends, which light the gallery inside. The entrance is located at the extreme right within an added gabled porch, which is boarded on the inside and has a boarded and ribbed door. The right gable end features a continuous drip stone at the eaves level.
Inside, there is a small vestibule leading to the main interior. A straight staircase leads to a three-sided gallery supported by slender cast iron columns, which has a ribbed and panelled front. The pews also feature similar panelling. The pulpit is situated between the large windows and is likewise panelled, with steps that have turned balusters and a newel. The set fawr has been removed.
Local climate
Penuel Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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