Walls, railings and gates at Capel Salem (Capel y Cwm) is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 2003. Chapel.

Walls, railings and gates at Capel Salem (Capel y Cwm)

WRENN ID
gentle-garret-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 2003
Type
Chapel
Address
Walls, railings and gates at Capel Salem (Capel y Cwm), Bonymaen
OS grid reference
SS 677 957
Coordinates
51.64501, -3.91258
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The entrance gates, walls, and railings at Capel Salem, also known as Capel y Cwm, are notable features of the chapel. The structure includes two large gatepiers made of rock-faced rubble stone, which have plinths and ashlar pyramidal Gothic caps with gablets on each face. The ornate double iron gates are decorated with intricate scrollwork. On either side of the gates, there are coursed sandstone retaining walls topped with ashlar chamfered coping, which support low railings that match the design of the gates.

Local climate

Walls, railings and gates at Capel Salem (Capel y Cwm) 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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