Zoar 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.
Zoar Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tenth-vault-marsh
- 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
- Zoar Chapel, Tretower, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 183 213
- Coordinates
- 51.88484, -3.18718
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Zoar Chapel is a simple Gothic-style chapel built in 1844. It features a broad front that follows the traditional long-wall design. The building is constructed from local rubble masonry and has a slate roof, with the right-hand gable end rendered in cement.
The front facade includes two tall windows with freestone surrounds, positioned on either side of a central porch. The windows are designed with a Y-pattern, featuring pointed arched heads, thick vertical glazing bars, and thinner horizontal glazing bars, although the glazing has been renewed. The gabled porch is supported by kneelers and includes side lights and double panelled doors set within a pointed-arched entrance. Above the porch, there is a sandstone plaque that reads 'Erected Zoar 1844', flanked by brace plates.
The chapel also has tall three-light gable end windows with intersecting tracery heads, while the rear elevation is blank and includes a chimney.
Local climate
Zoar 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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