Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 October 1977. Chapel.

Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel

WRENN ID
former-flue-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
6 October 1977
Type
Chapel
Address
Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Morganstown, Radyr and Morganstown
OS grid reference
ST 127 815
Coordinates
51.52647, -3.25942
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel is a small chapel featuring a side wall facade and a lower extension for Sunday School. It is constructed of scored rendered stone and has a concrete tile roof. The facade includes three tall round-headed windows with multipane glazing and tooled sills, along with a plaque above. To the right, there is a round-headed doorway with double boarded doors and a semi-circular fanlight. The lower extension, which is not scored, has two 4-pane sash windows and a boarded door with an overlight, as well as a gable end brick stack. The side elevation displays an unrendered rubble plinth, while the rear elevation features two round-headed windows.

Inside, there is a boarded access passage through the vestry/Sunday School wing, with 4-panelled doors. The chapel's interior is very plain and lacks a gallery. It is fully pewed, although the pew doors have been removed. The plastered ceiling includes a central rose, two ventilators, and a cornice, along with scored render and a dado rail. The simple pulpit has a backboard and narrow rails. A side entrance, which is not in use, opens directly into the chapel, and there is a fireplace at the rear.

Local climate

Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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