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Penlan Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8887 / 52°53'19"N

Longitude: -4.4181 / 4°25'5"W

OS Eastings: 237409

OS Northings: 335103

OS Grid: SH374351

Mapcode National: GBR 5B.Q17Z

Mapcode Global: WH44J.3NF9

Plus Code: 9C4QVHQJ+FQ

Entry Name: Penlan Chapel

Listing Date: 28 July 1989

Last Amended: 28 July 1989

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4489

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Penlan Chapel

ID on this website: 300004489

Location: Set back near the bottom of the hill, above the road; hall elevation to Mitre Place.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Pwllheli

Community: Pwllheli

Built-Up Area: Pwllheli

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Built 1863, hall added after 1889 (not shown on 1st edition OS map); renovated in 1960 and again in 1988.

Exterior

Classical 3-bay open pedimented front; painted render and with emphasised giant order Doric pilasters; stepped out entablature and other detail. Slate roof with small gabled ventilators. Rusticated giant arch rises to the centre over corbelled datestone. Venetian derived central window with round arched heads, keystones and pilasters and large bases dropping below cill. Moulded architrave’s to tall outer windows. Similar detail to central entrance with panelled double doors.

5-bay left hand side with similar windows set in shallow recesses. The hall range extends by 1 bay to left side. The windows on the right hand side are small pane.

Interior

Rectangular galleries interior with readied timber columns and boarded panels to gallery front; raked seating. Panelled ceiling with ornate roses. Paired fluted pilasters to organ chamber arch with sunburst. Similar decoration to hall with 4-bay boarded ceiling; fluted pilasters.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with Nos 16 to 20 Gaol Street.

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  • II Penlan Chapel Hall
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  • II T.N.Williams
    Set in the slope to left of Penlan Chapel.
  • II Alcatraz
    Set in the slope to left of Penlan Chapel.
  • II NO.16 Gaol Street, Gwynedd
    Set in the slope to left of Penlan Chapel.
  • II Cilcoed
    At the bottom of the street, stepped up to the right of Penlan Fawr PH. Railings and piers to front.
  • II R.Gwynedd Evans & Son
    On the northern corner with Ala Uchaf, formerly the site of the Pig Market.
  • II Siop Gwallt
    Near the junction with Gaol Street; set in the slope.
  • II NO.7 Gaol Street, Gwynedd
    To the right of No 9, set in the slope near the top of the street.

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