Chapel Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Blaenau Gwent local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1999. House.

Chapel Farm

WRENN ID
rusted-fireplace-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blaenau Gwent
Constituency
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney MP: Nick Smith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 September 1999
Type
House
Address
Chapel Farm, Coalbrookvale, Nantyglo and Blaina
OS grid reference
SO 190 089
Coordinates
51.77346, -3.17402
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Chapel Farm is a single-storey building that is built into a hillside. It features rubble walls that are massive and battered towards the original upper part, topped with a slate roof. A small rubble chimney stack is located near the center of the ridge. All windows have been replaced. The entrance front faces north, with the original house forming the two right bays. These bays have two windows positioned towards the right end, with the right window being smaller. The rebuilt cowhouse end forms the two left bays, which are slightly set back, featuring a door to the right and a window to the left. There are two rooflights on the front roofslope.

At the rear, there is a wing with a slightly lower ridgeline, which includes a 20th-century conservatory set in the southeast angle of the main house. The two left bays of the rear elevation (original house) have two windows, with a rooflight above.

The interior plan consists of a hall with an inner parlour and a downslope cow-house, which was rebuilt in the late 20th century as a kitchen. The hall features two pairs of full crucks and a 17th-century ceiling made up of massive beams with joists that have ogee stop-chamfers. The ceiling joists have been slightly raised. A large 16th-century stone fireplace is present, with monolithic chamfered jambs and an unusually massive chamfered monolithic lintel, which is partially obscured by the ceiling that postdates the fireplace. There is a winding chimney stair to the left of the fireplace with later timber treads. To the right of the fireplace is the original entry, which is blocked, and has a plain heavy timber frame. Between the hall and parlour is a post and panel partition, with the posts featuring stop-chamfers. The small unheated parlour has 17th-century ceiling joists with stop-chamfers that have long tongues. Crucks are visible from the upper floor, showcasing massive collars and paired purlins.

Local climate

Chapel Farm 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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