Former Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 February 1996. Gate lodge.

Former Baptist Chapel

WRENN ID
young-balcony-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 February 1996
Type
Gate lodge
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former Baptist Chapel is constructed from local conglomerate rubble, featuring dressed stone quoins and voussoirs that are painted. It has a half-hipped roof made of a slate substitute, while the north vestry is built of red brick with a predominantly slate roof.

On the south elevation, which serves as the entrance, there is a central round-headed doorway with boarded doors that have planted ribs. Above this doorway is a circular window with iron glazing, flanked by two cambered head windows on each side, also with metal glazing. The wall was raised during a second build to accommodate side windows for the gallery and to provide sufficient headroom. The east elevation features a central blocked round-headed doorway and, at the upper level, two round-headed windows with wooden Y-tracery that form Gothic heads. The rear gable includes two windows on the main body of the chapel, with metal glazing, above a red brick lean-to vestry that has a tall chimney stack. The other long wall of the chapel is mostly blind but contains a small metal-framed window.

The small graveyard surrounding the chapel is enclosed by a rubble wall and contains several gravestones, the oldest of which date back to the 1820s.

Although the interior was not available for inspection during the resurvey, it is unlikely to have changed since the listing in 1996. The roof is finished with modern fibrous boarding. Inside, there is a simple wooden pulpit and a set fawr enclosure at the north end, along with wooden dado panelling that has been partially removed. The west wall features a shallow chimney breast, as the former external stack has been removed. The floor consists of wooden boarding, which has been partially removed, over stone flags, with an immersion font measuring approximately 2.2 meters by 1.5 meters located towards the southwest corner, accessed by stone steps. Originally, the set fawr would have been positioned on the west wall opposite the entrance. The rearrangement of the chapel in the later 19th century allowed for the construction of a gallery above the new entrance.

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