Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Ebenezer Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2000. A C19 Gate piers and railings.
Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Ebenezer Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tall-entrance-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2000
- Type
- Gate piers and railings
- Address
- Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Ebenezer Chapel, Aberavon
- OS grid reference
- SS 765 902
- Coordinates
- 51.59714, -3.78385
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The forecourt walls, railings, and gates to Ebenezer Chapel are notable features dating from the 19th century. The entrance is marked by centrally-placed ashlar gate piers that have chamfered angles and bases with chamfered top edges, topped with ornate capstones. These piers are flanked by low snecked walls that support short iron railings. The railings have uprights adorned with alternating fleur-de-lis and scrolled finials. Between the uprights and below the top rail are open arches with decorated cusped heads. A frieze of small quatrefoils is positioned between the double bottom rails, which also feature fleur-de-lis finials. The double iron gates at the entrance are designed in a similar style, showcasing three bands of quatrefoils, with finials on the upper ones. The end piers are made of ashlar to match the gate piers, and they connect to rubble stone walls that return to the east and adjoin the chapel. On the north face of the south wall, there is an oval iron plaque inscribed with 'ebenezer/ baptist church/ 1836'.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Ebenezer Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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