Former Welsh Presbyterian Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. Chapel.

Former Welsh Presbyterian Chapel

WRENN ID
narrow-groin-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 May 1975
Type
Chapel
Address
Former Welsh Presbyterian Chapel, Castle
OS grid reference
ST 187 763
Coordinates
51.48043, -3.17188
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former Welsh Presbyterian Chapel is an early 19th-century building designed in the Early French Gothic style. It features a T-shaped plan with vestibules and staircases positioned at the angles between the arms of the "T". The exterior is constructed from dark rock-faced stone, accented with pale ashlar dressings. Each wing of the "T" has a gabled front facing the street, flanked by angle buttresses made of dark faceted stone, which rise in the upper stages to form octagonal buttresses topped with pinnacles. At the apex of the gable, there is a plain triple opening, while below it are two large three-light windows with hexafoils above, and a group of four windows beneath these. Lateral lights lead up to the entrances of the vestibules and staircase towers, which have rounded ends and feature stepped small lancet windows facing the street, along with a continuous glazed panel, transomed and mullioned above, and a peaked slate roof. The side windows, which are not intended to be easily visible, have red brick dressings.

The interior has been converted for use as architects' offices, showcasing red brick walls with cream and black diaper work, along with timber roofs.

Local climate

Former Welsh Presbyterian Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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