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Latitude: 52.0736 / 52°4'24"N
Longitude: -4.6859 / 4°41'9"W
OS Eastings: 216023
OS Northings: 245094
OS Grid: SN160450
Mapcode National: GBR CY.CJCQ
Mapcode Global: VH2MV.Q4MQ
Plus Code: 9C4Q38F7+CM
Entry Name: Blaenwaun Baptismal Pool
Listing Date: 22 November 2005
Last Amended: 22 November 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 85294
ID on this website: 300085294
Location: Over the stream on the west side of the lane that leads up the Waun valley to Blaenwaun Baptist chapel, 1km approx. from the town, and about 0.5km north of the chapel. In an enclosure entered by scro
County: Pembrokeshire
Town: Cardigan
Community: St. Dogmaels (Llandudoch)
Community: St. Dogmaels
Locality: St Dogmaels
Traditional County: Pembrokeshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
The chapel of Blaenwaun was founded in 1706, the present chapel rebuilt in 1885. It is not known when the Baptismal Pool was established in this location, but the location of the chapel on the hill top and at some distance from the nearest water-supply may suggest a long history for a pool at this detached site. The present pool is dated 1922, but this is a reconstruction of an earlier structure.
Substantial baptismal pool, sunk into the ground over the course of a stream, and surrounded by tiered seating, giving the whole an amphi-theatre-like appearance. Brick and concrete (replacing or encasing an earlier stone structure). The concrete-floored pool is flanked to the north by four-tiered arcs of seating, and to the south by a wider 6-tier curving span; steps lead in to and out from the pool to west and east. Above the western (entrance) steps, a boulder incorporated into the structure served as a pulpit for the preacher.
Listed for its historic interest as a highly unusual baptismal pool, engineered and built on an ambitious scale. Unusual by virtue of its scale, but also for being located at some distance from its parent chapel, it is remarkable testimony to the strength of the Baptist tradition in this area.
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