Penuel Scout Hall (formerly Penuel CM Chapel) is a Grade II listed building in the Blaenau Gwent local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 1999. Community hall.

Penuel Scout Hall (formerly Penuel CM Chapel)

WRENN ID
hidden-postern-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blaenau Gwent
Constituency
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney MP: Nick Smith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 October 1999
Type
Community hall
Address
Penuel Scout Hall (formerly Penuel CM Chapel), Ebbw Vale
OS grid reference
SO 168 089
Coordinates
51.77346, -3.20718
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Penuel Scout Hall, formerly known as Penuel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, is a building constructed with rubble and features painted ashlar detailing. It has a classical facade with a pediment, divided into three sections by giant Tuscan pilasters, which stand on a high painted ashlar plinth. The entablature includes a deep cornice and is arched over the central bay, where a tablet is located beneath a fluted semi-circular pediment. This tablet reads ‘Penuel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel 1865’. The tall outer windows are arched and have moulded architraves with triple keystones. Above the round-arched door, there is a triplet of similar arches. The side elevations are rendered and consist of four bays with tall round-arched windows set in shallow recesses. All the glazing has been replaced with plastic.

Inside, there is a three-sided gallery supported by fluted iron columns, with a timber gallery front featuring long panels. The box pews and pulpit have been removed. The basement still retains an old datestone that reads ‘Penuel Adeiladwyd gan Trefnyddion Calfiniadd 1825. Ailadeiladwyd 1838’.

Local climate

Penuel Scout Hall (formerly Penuel CM Chapel) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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