Penuel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel

The Penuel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel dates to the 18th century and is constructed of coursed, rock-faced sandstone with ashlar and roughly tooled stone dressings, a combination of red and green sandstone. The side and rear elevations above a snecked rock-faced stone basement are rendered. The roof is covered with artificial slate, with ridge tiles and a brick side chimney. The front facade is arranged with a central, two-storey bay that projects forward, flanked by two slightly lower bays each containing a long staircase window. The central bay’s gallery level features four round-headed windows with coloured glass and circular tracery, set under moulded arches with a continuous moulded impost band. Ashlar panels are positioned below the sills. An inscription panel reading 'Penuel Methodistiaid Calfinaidd' is carved into the stonework, along with foliage. Rough-tooled quoins and kneelers support a wide, heavily moulded cornice, topped by a stepped parapet with flat coping. The ground floor has rough-tooled, channelled sandstone with an ashlar band and cornice, containing a pair of high, square-headed doorways with moulded red sandstone surrounds, each with four mullioned lights above. Decorative hinges and iron-railed outer gates are fitted to double plank doors. Each side bay has a long, narrow, round-arched coloured glass window with a red and grey ashlar surround, incorporating a keystone with date panels above; the cornices of these bays meet the main bay at kneeler level. The chapel has a continuous plinth across its frontage.

To the side, there is one bay dating to 1904 alongside four bays of the original chapel. The gallery windows are four-pane sash windows with horns and sills. The ground floor has two-pane sashes, and the basement has four-pane sashes with margin glazing. The main entrance is currently accessed via steps from the street on the right. The rear elevation is blank, except for a roof light. The front bay’s roof is hipped behind the parapet to connect with the main roof, while the side bays have hipped cross gables.

Inside, a raked, three-sided gallery has a moulded, polished wood front, incorporating painted relief patterned panels, a deep panelled coving, and is supported by cast iron piers with foliage capitals. The two-part ceiling includes a main rose within ribbed plaster panels and a smaller rose above the gallery. Walls are scribed. The ground floor is not raked, and the set fawr (main area) includes flanking staircases and a plaster reredos with pilasters and pediment, along with a deacon's enclosure. The set fawr has been replaced, and the wooden floor is now carpeted. A vestibule from 1904 has central double doors with coloured glazing, planked dados, a ceiling rose, and enriched scribing to the walls. The basement contains meeting rooms, a vestry, and a Sunday School, which retain wood and iron combined tables/benches, planked dados, cast iron columns, and four-panelled doors with moulded surrounds. There is also a coal cellar, exterior toilets, and a former classroom that has been converted into a kitchen area.