English Methodist Chapel (including Vestry) is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 January 1991. Chapel.

English Methodist Chapel (including Vestry)

WRENN ID
riven-cloister-hyssop
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
Chapel
Address
English Methodist Chapel (including Vestry), Aberdare East, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
SO 000 026
Coordinates
51.7134, -3.44835
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The English Methodist Chapel, which includes a vestry, features a simple classical design with a symmetrical front that has three bays and a pediment. The exterior is finished in painted cement render and topped with a hipped tiled roof at the west end. A datestone with a rounded head is set into the pediment. Each bay is flanked by tapered pilasters with high bases and a plain entablature. The windows are round arched with small panes, with the outer windows being semi-circular and the central window having four lights in a segmental shape. The entrance consists of recessed panelled double doors.

The side elevation has five bays, also rendered in cement, and features tall round arched windows with small panes and central transoms. On the south side, there is a smaller window positioned high between the last two bays, which lead to the vestry and rooms behind the main chapel. The north side includes a short window near the front bay. A modern lean-to structure is present at the rear.

Inside, the chapel has a raked gallery that follows the angles of the side walls, with a panelled front supported by cast iron columns. The ceiling is adorned with a cornice and a large central rose featuring acanthus designs, foliage trails, bosses, and a central ventilator. Behind the organ, there is a tall cambered arch at the back of the 'set fawr', embellished with a bracket cornice and a keystone decorated with figure heads, along with panelled pilasters that have bosses. The railed platform includes a wooden handrail with iron uprights and quatrefoil panelled newels leading to curved steps.

Local climate

English Methodist Chapel (including Vestry) 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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