Trehondda Welsh Independent Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 July 1994. Church.

Trehondda Welsh Independent Chapel

WRENN ID
sacred-banister-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
13 July 1994
Type
Church
Address
Trehondda Welsh Independent Chapel, Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
SS 998 969
Coordinates
51.66244, -3.44878
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Trehondda Welsh Independent Chapel is a 19th-century building constructed from coursed rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings on the main front, snecked stone on the sides, and rendered at the rear. It features a Welsh slate roof. The gable end facade rises two storeys and includes three windows at the gallery level: a central round-arched three-light window flanked by two segmental-headed windows. Above these is a pediment with a relief inscription panel, and below a string course, the ground floor has similar side segmental-headed windows along with a round-arched central doorway that has double panelled doors and a fanlight.

The main side elevation facing the road has six bays, featuring six round-headed windows at the gallery level and four camber-headed windows at the ground floor, with one doorway that has been blocked. The downhill side elevation mirrors this design. All windows are fitted with multipane sashes and have rock-faced voussoirs, quoins, and sills. At the southern end, there is a single-storey vestry wing with a concrete tiled roof and gables over two round-headed sash windows that flank a deep gabled porch, which has small round-headed windows on each side. A further side wing is attached to the rear left of the chapel. The site is enclosed by low coursed rock-faced stone walls with coping, cast iron railings, and tall gate piers, some topped with cross-gabled capstones, although the railings are now missing at the front left.

Inside, the chapel features an ornate plaster and board ceiling that is ribbed in a petal pattern, with a pitch pine outer border and timber ribs that converge towards a large central rose, which is partially missing. The round-arched reredos on the end wall is adorned with panelled and fluted pilasters and painted foliage ornament, and it includes three stencilled panels.

Local climate

Trehondda Welsh Independent Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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