Heol Y Felin (Capel Y Bedyddwyr) is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 January 1991. Shop - terrace.

Heol Y Felin (Capel Y Bedyddwyr)

WRENN ID
muffled-arch-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 January 1991
Type
Shop - terrace
Address
Heol Y Felin (Capel Y Bedyddwyr), Trecynon, Aberdare West, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
SN 994 036
Coordinates
51.72223, -3.45667
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Heol Y Felin, also known as Capel Y Bedyddwyr, is a chapel built with coursed rubble and features a three-bay gable front. The masonry differs on the gallery floor due to remodelling, and it has a slate roof. The building includes a pediment with freestone dressings, such as an entablature and cornice, along with an eroded datestone on the pediment. Pilasters frame the semi-circular headed eight-pane gallery windows, which have voussoirs and deep sill panels, with the central window being an insertion labeled Heol-y-Felin. The ground floor is slightly set forward, featuring a central semi-circular arched doorway with roll moulded jambs and panelled double doors, accessed by rounded steps. There are four-pane windows on either side, and the facade continues around the corners.

On the left side of the chapel, there are four tall round arched headed windows with an impost band, and additional windows are stepped up beyond, including a horned sash that lights the hall and vestry. A side door opens onto a transverse passage, with the chapel to the right and the hall and vestry to the left. This extension projects to the right of the chapel and has a gable end facing the street, complete with a porch and two round arched headed windows. The rear is finished in cement render with a louvered opening.

Inside, the chapel has a rectangular galleried layout with scribed rendered walls. The ceiling is boarded and ribbed, featuring plaster roses and ventilation panels, along with a coved cornice. The raked gallery is supported by tapered cylindrical iron columns, painted to imitate 'scagliola' work and manufactured by Dare Fychan Foundry in 1852. The bracketed panelled front includes inset lincrusta ornament and Gothic arched panels, with 'set fawr' and 'set canu' positioned prominently to mark the extent of the first chapel. The organ at the back relates to the remodelling, as does the tulip pattern iron balustrade, which shows Art Nouveau influences. A notable monument to Owen Harris, a former Minister of the Chapel who died in 1905, features a stone relief bust with seated women on either side. The hall has a four-bay design with arched collar trusses.

Local climate

Heol Y Felin (Capel Y Bedyddwyr) 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 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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