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Salem Welsh Independent Chapel, Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay

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NPRN7446
Map ReferenceSH87NE
Grid ReferenceSH8516078759
Unitary (Local) AuthorityConwy
Old CountyDenbighshire
CommunityColwyn Bay
Type Of SiteCHAPEL
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Salem Independent Chapel was built in 1885 and rebuilt in 1903, to the design of architect Rowland Lloyd-Jones of Caernarfon. The grand Neo-Classical front with a giant pedimented gable houses the entrance lobby and staircases, with a narrower 4-bay chapel to the rear. The front entrance is constructd of black random granite with freestone dressings, whilst the chapel and lecture hall ranges are roughcast render with stone dressings. The interior is richly decorated with a horse-shoe gallery with a wood panelled parapet carried on fluted cast-iron columns. Salem is now Grade 2 Listed.

RCAHMW, November 2009