PENYGARN BAPTIST CHAPEL (TABERNACLE), PENTGARN ROAD, PONTYPOOL
Site Details
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NPRN 11662
Map Reference SO20SE
Grid Reference SO28530155
Unitary (Local) Authority Torfaen
Old County Monmouthshire
Community Trevethin
Type of Site CHAPEL
Broad Class RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY
Period Post Medieval
Site Description Penygarn Baptist Chapel was built in 1727, modified in 1836 and 1905. The present chapel, dated 1727, is built in the Vernacular style, as a single cell rectangular building with a long-wall entry plan and plain interior. It has the appearance of a two storey house on the outside.This chapel was closed in 1969 when the Baptists moved to the Tabernacle in Crane Street, but they returned in 1970. Penygarn is now Grade 2 Listed.
RCAHMW, March 2011
