Saron Welsh Congregationalist Chapel

The Saron Welsh Congregationalist Chapel is a building dating from the late 18th century, constructed of unpainted roughcast with thin stucco surrounds, broken sill bands and a shallow plinth. It has a late 20th-century tile roof and patterned detail at the keystones. The long south-facing facade features two long arched sash windows in the centre, flanked by arched doorways and then by outer square-headed gallery lights. Small-paned glazing with intersecting tracery remains in the main windows, while the gallery lights have 9-pane, late 20th-century hardwood windows. The doors are late 20th-century slatted hardwood, with similar infill in fanlights. Stone sills are present throughout. The rear wall presents a two-window range similar to the front gallery windows. A small outhouse is located at the rear of the east wall.

The interior, last inspected in 1999, is galleried, with a gallery installed in 1861. A dominant, high pulpit is positioned between the main windows, raised on a panelled base. The pulpit has a replacement, panelled, corniced front and curving stairs leading up from the right, the stairs featuring stick banisters and a moulded rail. The original tall, panelled pulpit back retains vertical panels under a moulded pediment with marbling. Enclosed box pews are located between the pulpit and panelled lobbies, with the pew on the right being smaller due to the adjacent pulpit stair. These box pews have affixed seats facing away from the pulpit. Generally, the pews are raked, with panelled backs, doors, and top rails on the bench-ends that ramp down. The rear wall is arranged in three blocks; the centre block features simple, open-backed benches. An inward-facing block is on the east wall, with a gap indicating the former location of another. On the west side, a chimneybreast with a simple iron grate is present, with raked pews in the corner under the gallery stairs, facing the rear wall. A moulded rail, fitted with coat-hooks, runs along the rear wall.

The three-sided gallery is supported by one x three x one tapering iron columns with painted decoration above the neck rings. The gallery frontage displays particularly fine contrasting painted graining, a light colour framing dark walnut-type panels, each with a moulded outer frame and a plain black inset frame creating a bordered rectangle design. The panels are divided in sections of 2 - 5 - 5 - 2, with wider gaps between the blocks containing an applied oval tablet and console above, painted white (the tablet is now missing from the long side). A moulded top rail further decorates the gallery. The gallery front projects and includes a moulded wooden cornice above a panelled frieze of long, thin panels, with shorter panels above the column heads. Raked gallery pews feature ramped bench-ends and hinged doors, with open-backed benches along the side, except for the pair fronting the stairwell. The ceiling is flat plaster with a plain loft hatch. The two panelled entrance lobbies have big double doors leading to the chapel, topped by long overlights with small-paned coloured and patterned glass. One panel of the lobby side, near the pulpit, is glazed.