Penuel Baptist Chapel, Carmarthen
| Penuel Baptist Chapel | |
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| 51°51′36″N 4°17′57″W / 51.8599°N 4.2992°W | |
| OS grid reference | SN417204 |
| Location | 7, Esplanade, Carmarthen |
| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Website | penuelcaerfyrddin.org |
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| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 9 February 1999 |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
Penuel Baptist Chapel, Carmarthen is a Baptist chapel and attached schoolroom in the town of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The building dates from 1786 and is located in Priory Street at 7, Esplanade, Carmarthen.
History[edit]
Penuel Baptist Chapel was built by Thomas Jones in 1872. It is set back from the road by a stout iron railing fence and has a schoolroom adjoining it which was built in 1886 by George Morgan. The chapel has a broad gabled facade and a large, uncluttered interior in a classical style. It has galleries on all four sides, the downward-pointing timber posts creating quasi-aisles. The corners of the galleries are curved and the fronts of the galleries have panels with balustrades. The organ is in a recess on one of the galleries and underneath this there is a free classical arcaded pulpit behind which is a curved and panelled back with pediments.[1]
In 1909–10, Penuel was fully renovated, to such an extent that only the walls and roof remained from the previous building.[2]
The church was designated as a Grade II listed building on 9 February 1999, being "a chapel of early origins with exceptional early C20 interior, unusual for the 2-storey arcades".[3] At the time of its renovation in 1910 it was stated that the chapel could accommodate 800 people and was designed in such a way that the occupiers of any pew on the ground and gallery floors have a full view of the pulpit and organ.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Thomas Lloyd; Julian Orbach; Robert Scourfield (2006). Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. Yale University Press. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0-300-10179-1.
- ^ a b "Penuel Baptist Church, Carmarthen. Re-Opening Services". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. William Morgan Evans. 16 September 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Penuel Baptist Chapel, Carmarthen". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 April 2016.