Railings at Seion Fforest Calvinistic Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 March 2000. Railings. 2 related planning applications.
Railings at Seion Fforest Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- stony-frieze-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 March 2000
- Type
- Railings
- Address
- Railings at Seion Fforest Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Aberdulais, Blaenhonddan, SA10 8EU
- OS grid reference
- SS 773 996
- Coordinates
- 51.68217, -3.7752
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The railings at Seion Fforest Calvinistic Methodist Chapel are a Grade II listed feature. They consist of a shorter length of low iron railings set on rock-faced stone walls along the roadside. There are two brick entrance piers with cross-gabled tops, which support iron posts and plain gates. In front of the chapel, there is a terrace with taller railings that have alternate trilobe finials. These railings are divided into sections and are bolted between 13 Corinthian column posts topped with urn finials.
Local climate
Railings at Seion Fforest Calvinistic Methodist Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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