Ty Capel Moriah, Dolwyddelan, Conwy

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0546 / 53°3'16"N

Longitude: -3.8869 / 3°53'12"W

OS Eastings: 273627

OS Northings: 352483

OS Grid: SH736524

Mapcode National: GBR 60.CQ8S

Mapcode Global: WH554.8HB3

Plus Code: 9C5R3437+R6

Entry Name: Ty Capel Moriah

Listing Date: 17 February 1997

Last Amended: 17 February 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 18247

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300018247

Location: Adjoining the chapel flush to the rear (N).

County: Conwy

Community: Dolwyddelan

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Built in 1880 as part of the Moriah Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, the third non-conformist chapel to be built at Dolwyddelan and with a capacity of up to six hundred, the largest. The manse was built as an integral element of the design.

Exterior

Storied one-window cottage adjoining flush with the chapel and roofed continuously with it. Recessed entrance to E side at L, with quoins of dressed Penmaenmawr stone; 4-panel contemporary door with marginally-glazed overlight. 2-part windows with marginally-glazed sashes and surrounds as before, that to ground floor with shallow triangular lintel; projecting slate cills. Rubble rear gable with rendered upper section. Irregular openings to this side, with off-centre entrance (as before) and similar windows to 3 floors; windows as before to slate-hung W side. Single-storey modern extension to rear gable R.

Interior

This was not inspected at the time of survey (10/96.)

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with the Moriah Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, adjoining.

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II Moriah Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
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II The Chocolate House (Formerly Church Hall)
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II Pont-y-Llan
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II Bridge and Causeway to Former Quarry at Chwarel-y-Fedw.
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Ty Capel Moriah

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolwyddelan, Conwy