Piers and railings at Calfaria Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 December 2003. Railings. 1 related planning application.

Piers and railings at Calfaria Baptist Chapel

WRENN ID
fallen-corbel-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 December 2003
Type
Railings
Address
Piers and railings at Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Clydach, SA6 5LE
OS grid reference
SN 689 012
Coordinates
51.69469, -3.89737
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The piers and railings at Calfaria Baptist Chapel date from the 19th century and enclose two lawns in front of the chapel. The low retaining walls are made of rock-faced squared rubble with rock-faced coping stones. These walls support short railings that have a square section, featuring wrought spearheads and larger cast-iron finials on the intermediate stanchions, which are held up by scrolled supports.

In the center, there are two narrow sandstone ashlar gatepiers topped with corniced pyramid caps. These piers support two gates that have a down-curved top rail, a double mid-rail with circular designs, and similar spearhead rails and dog-bars. The wall on the left is straight, while the one on the right curves outward. The outer front piers are made of rock-faced stone and are pyramid-capped. To the left, there is a pair of piers with a matching single pedestrian gate between them, while to the right, there is a single pier that is paired with another pier and railings that front the manse, although this is not included in the listing.

Along each side of the central path and at the upper end of each lawn, there are later railings on low rock-faced stone coping. These rails are round in section and also feature cast-iron finials.

Local climate

Piers and railings at Calfaria Baptist Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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