Mount Pisgah Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 October 1993. A C19 Chapel. 1 related planning application.

Mount Pisgah Chapel

WRENN ID
final-vault-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 October 1993
Type
Chapel
Address
Mount Pisgah Chapel, Parkmill, Ilston
OS grid reference
SS 545 891
Coordinates
51.58275, -4.1005
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Mount Pisgah Chapel is a stuccoed building with a stone plinth, dating from 1822. The front elevation features three windows and has pavilion porches on each side, each with a separate low-pitched slate roof and boarded eaves. The façade is defined by pilasters that mark each bay, with broader corner pilasters that have recessed panels. The central window is round-headed, while the other two are segmental-headed, with later glazing that includes margin panes in coloured glass. A small central datestone displays the inscription 'Mount Pisgah Chapel 1822'. The central gabled porch has a round arch and panelled double doors.

On either side of the chapel, slightly set back, are small single-storey blocks designed like pavilions. These blocks are advanced towards the centre and feature open pediments with broad round-arched recesses that contain similarly arched doorways, both equipped with fanlights and panelled doors. The side elevations each have two wide casement windows with marginal glazing.

Inside, the chapel is open to the left pavilion through an arcade of two small arches and to the right pavilion via a doorway. The central doorway leads to a timber screened vestibule with a tiled floor, and side doors that access the main interior. The original chapel floor has been replaced, and the current pews are all from the late 19th century. At the front, there is a dais with a 19th-century gothic organ case, a table, and a corner pulpit in the Anglican style.

Local climate

Mount Pisgah Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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