Ebenezer Calvinistic Methodist Chapel including vestry is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 March 1999. Chapel. 1 related planning application.

Ebenezer Calvinistic Methodist Chapel including vestry

WRENN ID
tired-vestry-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney MP: Nick Smith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 March 1999
Type
Chapel
Address
Ebenezer Calvinistic Methodist Chapel including vestry, Rhymney, NP22 5EA
OS grid reference
SO 110 085
Coordinates
51.76827, -3.29111
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Ebenezer Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, along with its attached vestry, was built in 1846, with significant alterations to the front facade in 1906. The chapel is constructed of rock-faced coursed Pennant stone with Forest of Dean grey ashlar dressings, and has a slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles.

The front facade has a lateral composition with a wider, gabled central bay. It features arched windows set within ashlar flush surrounds and keystones; two windows are on the first floor, and one on each floor to the sides. The first floor is emphasised by four Ionic pilasters, partially fluted, sitting on a moulded string course which projects forward over the central bay. The gable lacks a base moulding but has short cornice sections above the flanking pilasters. A keyed blank roundel is set within the gable, with a flush band above. The ground floor has rusticated quoins, an ashlar central bay with side pilasters, and a cornice with the word "Ebenezer" inscribed in the frieze. The central door is protected by a heavily moulded arch, with the mouldings continued outward as an impost band. Panelled spandrels flank the door and contain date inscriptions. Double six-panel doors are topped by a fanlight with radiating bars and coloured margins, and are set within ashlar jambs. Small windows with coloured glass margins are located on either side of the door. A rock-faced stone forecourt wall is punctuated by stone piers and iron railings.

The side walls are rendered and contain two flat-headed windows on the upper floor (now blocked in below), and two windows flank a lean-to extension for the organ. The simple gabled vestry has four flat-headed windows along its long wall.

The interior, dating to 1906, is considered fine and theatrical, featuring joinery in pitch pine. A pulpit is positioned on the rear wall, behind a large recess housing the organ. The pulpit platform and a large seating area are broad and panelled. Straight stairs lead to the platform, which has a balustrade with heavy turned newel posts, and a similar balustrade to the platform rail. The panelled pulpit has canted angles and heavy moulded cornices above and below. The organ’s broad panelled base leads to a three-bay pipe front within a simple Gothic frame. A massive segmental arch with a keystone breaks into a broad frieze, with an acanthus leaf panel at each end and sits above large, partially fluted pilasters.

A three-sided, panelled gallery with curved corners and a central clock is present. Long horizontal panels alternate with broad piers bearing applied panels. A bracketed cornice sits below, supported by eight fluted iron columns with foliate capitals incorporating a star motif. Panelled pews are canted around the pulpit and are slightly raked on the ground floor, with curved and raked pews in the gallery. Two upper windows are on the rear wall, and two doors and two windows with coloured glass are located in the lobby.

The ceiling features a cornice, a deep cove, a panelled plaster border, slatted bands in the corners, thin ribs leading to the centre, and an ornamental ceiling rose. Stucco moulded hoods cover the windows, with remaining wall-mounted gasoliers and ventilation boxes.

Local climate

Ebenezer Calvinistic Methodist Chapel including vestry sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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