Seion Welsh Presbyterian Chapel, Caerhun, Conwy

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2306 / 53°13'50"N

Longitude: -3.8615 / 3°51'41"W

OS Eastings: 275840

OS Northings: 372011

OS Grid: SH758720

Mapcode National: GBR 61.0JGR

Mapcode Global: WH54C.N2D6

Plus Code: 9C5R64JQ+6C

Entry Name: Seion Welsh Presbyterian Chapel

Listing Date: 21 February 1996

Last Amended: 21 February 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 17017

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Capel Seion

ID on this website: 300017017

Location: Prominently sited on the N side of the main street in the centre of the village.

County: Conwy

Community: Caerhun

Locality: Rowen

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Chapel

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Exterior

Large rectangular chapel, probably built in 1841 when the former Siloam Chapel was converted for subsequent use as the Women's Institute room. Of rubble on a low rubble plinth and with plain slate roof. Symmetrical E (entrance) front with plain bargeboards to gable. Paired tall, arched windows with 18-pane sashes and radial glazing to heads; marginal glazing. Outer flanking entrances, arched as before with 4-panel raised-and-fielded double-doors and radial fanlights. 3 further arched windows to each of the N, S and W sides, with 20-pane sashes and radial glazing to the heads. All openings have dressed sandstone voussoirs to the arches and the windows projecting stone cills. The W gable end is rendered and has plain stucco stringcourses and architraves. An ex situ stone tablet fixed to the lower L of the E wall has a dedication inscription in Welsh and 'Sion 1819'.

Interior

Plain interior with panelled ceiling and tiered seating rising towards the W.

Reasons for Listing

A mid C19 chapel in a prominent village location retaining good external character.

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Seion Welsh Presbyterian Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in Caerhun, Conwy