NPRN11446
Map ReferenceSH70SW
Grid ReferenceSH7445201116
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyMontgomeryshire
CommunityMachynlleth
Type Of SiteCHAPEL
PeriodPost Medieval
DescriptionBethesda Baptist Chapel was built in 1838 and rebuilt 1896. The present chapel, dated 1896, was designed by architect Thomas E Morgan of Aberystwyth and brick built in the Victorian Gothic style, with red brick quoins and dressings. The gable entry facade has steps rising from the pavement to a pointed doorway in a gabled porch. There are flanking lancet windows, with trefoil heads, above the porch and two pointed 2-light windows with quatrefoils, their dripstones linked by a common string. A plaque is inscribed "Bethesda/ Addoldy y Bedyddwyr/ adeiladwyd/ 1896".
RCAHMW, December 2010