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Horeb Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Brithdir), Rhos-y-Brithdir

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NPRN11414
Map ReferenceSJ12SW
Grid ReferenceSJ1362023150
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyMontgomeryshire
CommunityLlanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant
Type Of SiteCHAPEL
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Horeb Methodist Chapel was built and opened in 1840. then rebuilt in 1873. The present chapel, dated 1873, was designed by architect Richard Owens of Liverpool and built in the Simple Round-Headed style with a gable entry plan. The entrance has yellow vitreous brick bands and thehe stone front gable plaque is inscribed "Horeb/ Wesleyan Chapel/ 1873".The centre doorway is segmentally-headed with a two-pane fanlight with coloured-glass margin panes and has tall flanking round-headed windows. There are two-bay returns: the right hand is stone and with yellow brick dressings and the left hand is rendered. At the front, the chapel has a stone dwarf wall with short iron railings and a gate, the uprights of which are alternately looped at the top in pairs. Inside, the chapel has avertically-boarded dado, painted plaster walls, and an open timber roof. The windows have coloured glass margin panes. The late nineteenth century open-bench seats have shaped seat ends, single centre and two side blocks. Wood-panelled entrance lobby with end doors from the chapel. status (2003); in chapel use.

RCAHMW, November 2010