History in Structure

Capel Libanus (Baptist Chapel)

A Grade II* Listed Building in Llansadwrn, Carmarthenshire

We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9701 / 51°58'12"N

Longitude: -3.92 / 3°55'12"W

OS Eastings: 268199

OS Northings: 231923

OS Grid: SN681319

Mapcode National: GBR DZ.L291

Mapcode Global: VH4HL.0RH2

Plus Code: 9C3RX3CH+2X

Entry Name: Capel Libanus (Baptist Chapel)

Listing Date: 29 July 1999

Last Amended: 29 July 1999

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22122

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Libanus Baptist Chapel

ID on this website: 300022122

Location: Situated on N side of lane some 1.3 km W of Llansadwrn.

County: Carmarthenshire

Town: Llanwrda

Community: Llansadwrn

Community: Llansadwrn

Locality: Waunclunda

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

Tagged with: Chapel

Find accommodation in
Llansadwrn

History

Baptist Chapel dated 1841, disused 1998.

Exterior

Chapel, rubble stone with slate roof and overhanging plain verges. Gable facade with two small high level arched windows and arched centre door, all with stone voussoirs. Windows are small-paned with intersecting glazing-bars to heads and similar glazing to door fanlight. Double flush-panelled doors. Windowless N side wall, flat boarded eaves. Rear gable has 2 large arched windows with stone voussoirs, the windows 2-light with broad mullion and Y-tracery head. Small-paned lights with Y-tracery to arch heads. S side, to road, has late C19 added lean-to vestry and schoolroom, reached up 11 steps to door in E end. S side has 3 x 4-pane upper windows, ground floor centre door and 2 small 4-pane casements. Brick surrounds.

Interior

Fine interior with 3-sided gallery on 2x2 columns. Vertical panels to painted front over simple cornice. Curved angles. Attractive late C19 or early C20 stencil decoration to columns, cornice and panels. Three blocks of painted panelled box pews, larger family pews to front centre. Inward facing pews each side of pulpit. Later C19 pulpit and great seat in pitch pine. Lobby has 2 6-panel doors and square 12-pane window between. Late C19 boarded ceiling with embossed paper in panels.

Reasons for Listing

Graded II* as an exceptional early example of a gable-fronted chapel with fine interior.

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Cwm Mynydd Fach
    Situated on a steeply sloping site beside the by-road that runs from Llansadwrn towards Talley; approximately 1km NW of Llandsadwrn. Buttressed rubble wall to cobbled forecourt with lawns beyond.
  • II Capel Ebenezer
    Situated in village of Llansadwrn, just N of churchyard wall.
  • II The War Memorial
    Situated at SW entry to churchyard of Church of St Sadwrn.
  • II The Pound
    Situated at SW entry to the churchyard of the Church of St Sadwrn, next to the War Memorial.
  • II Seion
    Situated just N of village, some 150m N of churchyard, on E side of road.
  • II Church of Saint Sadwrn
    Situated in rounded churchyard in centre of village.
  • II Myrtle Hill
    Situated some 50m N of the churchyard, on W side of road.
  • II Barn N of Pengwar-neuadd
    Situated immediately N of farmhouse at Pengwar-neuadd, on W side of lane to Cefn.

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.