Former Bethel Chapel (Boots), including Re-built Wall to rear is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 May 1961. House, shop.

Former Bethel Chapel (Boots), including Re-built Wall to rear

WRENN ID
ragged-loft-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 May 1961
Type
House, shop
Address
Former Bethel Chapel (Boots), including Re-built Wall to rear, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 045 286
Coordinates
51.94802, -3.38974
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former Bethel Chapel, now known as Boots, is a stone building constructed in a classical style, featuring a slate hipped roof. The entrance front is symmetrical, highlighted by a wide central projection with pilasters, topped with a large open pediment that includes a circular field with an inscription in its tympanum. Below the pediment, a broad elliptical arch frames a large modern shop window. On either side of this arch are doorways with pointed heads and dripstones, each fitted with two-leaf fielded panelled doors. The central projection is flanked by narrow pilastered bays, each featuring a tall round-headed sash window with intersecting tracery. The returns of the building include five similar sash windows. At the rear, there are two round-headed windows with intersecting tracery, and in the end bays, there are round-headed doorways with overlights. Also at the rear is the rebuilt former forecourt wall and railings.

Inside, the space has been converted for commercial use but still retains a panelled ceiling, and the rear of the front arch showcases relief decoration.

Local climate

Former Bethel Chapel (Boots), including Re-built Wall to rear sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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