Penmyarth Park Chapel

Penmyarth Park Chapel is an early English style chapel that includes a nave, chancel, and west tower. It is constructed of coursed, rock-faced sandstone and has a slate roof. The three-stage west tower features stone slab offsets and diagonal buttresses that rise to the top of the second stage, where they are topped with gablets. The west doorway is designed with a lancet arch, supported by one order of shafts with stiff leaf capitals, and has a hood mould adorned with foliage stops. A string course runs along the north and south walls. The lower stage serves as the porch and contains a rib vault with a foliage boss, along with a boarded west door that has elaborate strap hinges. The middle stage includes a single lancet window on the west, north, and south faces, each with one order of shafts and moulded capitals. The bell stage is fitted with two-light mullioned windows that have triangular heads, along with a smaller one-light window on the east face. At the top, a short pyramidal spirelet made of overlapping stone slabs features projecting eaves, beneath which is a corbel table decorated with foliage and grotesques.

The nave and chancel are supported by stepped buttresses and have coped gables on moulded kneelers, with small gablets on the eaves. On the north side of the nave, there are two 2-light geometrical windows and one lancet window to the right, all featuring a sill band and hood moulds with foliage stops. The chancel contains windows with similar details, including one lancet window in the north wall and three stepped lancets in the east wall, which have a continuous hood mould. A small gabled vestry is attached to the south of the chancel. The south windows of the nave are similar to those on the north.

Although not inspected during the survey in August 1997, it is reported that the chapel has fine stained glass, possibly created by Clayton & Bell, and a monument to Sir Joseph Bailey, who died in 1858, designed by J.E. Thomas.