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. Chapel.
Heol Y Felin (Capel Y Bedyddwyr)
- WRENN ID
- muffled-arch-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1991
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Cadw listing
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.
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