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Capel Mair, Chapel House & Vestry, Feidrfair

A Grade II Listed Building in Cardigan, Ceredigion

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0835 / 52°5'0"N

Longitude: -4.6577 / 4°39'27"W

OS Eastings: 217991

OS Northings: 246122

OS Grid: SN179461

Mapcode National: GBR CZ.BZ74

Mapcode Global: VH2MP.7W0P

Plus Code: 9C4Q38MR+9W

Entry Name: Capel Mair, Chapel House & Vestry, Feidrfair

Listing Date: 14 April 1992

Last Amended: 14 April 1992

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 10478

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Capel Mair, Chapel House & Vestry

ID on this website: 300010478

Location: Situated at southern end of street, on street-line.

County: Ceredigion

Community: Cardigan (Aberteifi)

Community: Cardigan

Built-Up Area: Cardigan

Traditional County: Cardiganshire

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History

1870-1 Independent Chapel, by Reverend T Thomas of Llandore (Thomas Glandwr), with house and vestry behind added 1885 by D Davies, Penrhiwllan.

Exterior

Chapel has rock-faced blue lias pedimental front with stucco dressings and arch-headed windows. Long paired windows each side, triplet to centre, all with pilaster jambs, moulded heads and keystones. Centre window of triplet is wider. Sill band under side windows interrupted by stucco doorcase, arched with arched hood between panelled pedestals carried on console brackets. Pedestals have concave square finials. Paired arch-headed doors and crescent overlight. Banded slate roof, 2-storey coursed rubble side walls, 4 windows, the upper ones arched.

Forecourt enclosed by cast-iron railings, of intersecting oval pattern.

Adjoining 2-storey, 3-window house, stuccoed with cambered headed openings and centre bargeboard gable. Slate roof, brick end stacks. Vestry and Sunday School behind.

Interior

3-sided gallery on painted fluted cast-iron columns, curved angles and front with panelled piers and painted pierced cast-iron panels, added 1905 and echoed in surround to set fawr. Ornate panelled timber pulpit with curving stair each side and canted front. Behind pulpit, broad tall organ arch with console keystone and hoodmould. Organ by Blackett and Howden of Newcastle upon Tyne has recessed keyboard under arch and Gothic detail to case. Plain flat boarded ceiling with centre rose. Margin glazed windows to entrance lobby with etched and stained glass in margins. Gallery and columns attractively painted in green, red and white.

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