Capel Heol Dŵr, Carmarthen
| Capel Heol Dwr | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Water Street, Carmarthen |
| Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Calvinistic Methodist chapel |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 19 May 1981 |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Style | Early 19th century |
Capel Heol Dwr is a Calvanistic Methodist chapel in the town of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The building dates from 1831 and is located at Water St, Carmarthen. It was designated as a Grade II listed building on 19 May 1981.
History
Capel Heol Dwr was an early Methodist chapel, having been built in 1831. The long-wall frontage has a pair of pedimented porches on Tuscan columns, each having a large arched window above. The interior has a five-sided gallery. The box pews are neatly fitted, radiating to match the gallery. There is a most unusual pulpit; this is shaped like a wine-glass with a curved flight of steps. A similar pulpit is to be found in the nearby Capel Heol Awst, Carmarthen which was built in 1826, but these pulpits are rare elsewhere having disappeared when alterations and enlargements were made to chapels. The ceilings are boarded and ribbed and have a large plaster rose. There is fine stained glass and several noteworthy monuments.[1] The chapel was refurbished in 1891 and again in 1922, when additions included a new stucco front, a new ceiling and a new organ bay at the middle of the front facade.[2]
The chapel was designated as a Grade II listed building on 19 May 1981, being an example of a fine "earlier C19 chapel with surviving interior fittings including gallery of 1831".[3] The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales curates the archaeological, architectural and historic records for this church. These include digital photographs and colour transparencies of the exterior and interior of the building, from the Rosser Collection and the Robert Scourfield Collection.[2]
References
- ^ Thomas Lloyd; Julian Orbach; Robert Scourfield (2006). Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. Yale University Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-300-10179-1.
- ^ a b "Capel Heol-y-Dwrt Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Carmarthen". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Capel Heol Dwr". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 April 2016.