Jerusalem Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 August 1999. Chapel.

Jerusalem Baptist Chapel

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 August 1999
Type
Chapel
Address
Jerusalem Baptist Chapel, Bryn
OS grid reference
SS 815 923
Coordinates
51.6174, -3.71286
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Jerusalem Baptist Chapel is a simple classical style chapel built with a pebble-dashed front, roughcast side and rear walls, and a slate roof. The gable-end front features cement render quoins and dressings that are integrated with the pebble dash. In the center, there are a pair of round-headed windows with small-pane glazing in their original openings, above which is a tablet with an elliptical sandstone panel that displays the name and date of the chapel. There are doorways on the left and right with boarded doors and plain overlights. A tall round-headed window is located in the right side wall, while a similar window in the left wall is now blocked, along with a former pair of round-headed windows at the rear.

Inside, there is a three-sided raked gallery supported by plain cast iron piers. The front of the gallery features panelled fretwork above a corbel table. The deal benches, which have moulded ends, date from the early 20th century. The ceiling is simply ribbed and boarded. The pulpit is flanked by steps with ornate moulded and fluted newels, and it has cast iron twisted balusters and scrolled brackets. The baptistery is enclosed by rails with similar newels and balusters and contains a well beneath the floorboards.

Local climate

Jerusalem Baptist Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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