Piers and railings to Bethania 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. Chapel.

Piers and railings to Bethania Calvinistic Methodist Chapel

WRENN ID
sharp-sill-pine
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
Chapel
Address
Piers and railings to Bethania Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Glynneath
OS grid reference
SN 881 065
Coordinates
51.7463, -3.62125
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The piers and railings at Bethania Calvinistic Methodist Chapel are notable features from the 19th century. They consist of forecourt walls and railings arranged in two lengths on either side of the central gates. The low walls are made of rock-faced rubble stone topped with red sandstone ashlar coping, and they are complemented by low iron railings that include some wrought iron scroll-work panels between plain sections. There are four squared rock-faced stone piers, each capped with red stone pyramids. The inner pair of piers has cast-iron lamp-holders and supports paired gates. These gates feature lower dog-bars and upper scroll-work detailing.

Local climate

Piers and railings to Bethania Calvinistic Methodist Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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