Bier House at Capel Rehoboth, Harlech, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8597 / 52°51'35"N

Longitude: -4.1053 / 4°6'18"W

OS Eastings: 258358

OS Northings: 331215

OS Grid: SH583312

Mapcode National: GBR 5Q.RZ4J

Mapcode Global: WH55Z.XD80

Plus Code: 9C4QVV5V+VV

Entry Name: Bier House at Capel Rehoboth

Listing Date: 21 June 2001

Last Amended: 21 June 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 25509

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300025509

Location: Within the chapel's graveyard a short distance to the E of the chapel.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Harlech

Built-Up Area: Harlech

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

Bier house built to serve the adjacent Scotch Baptist Rehoboth chapel, erected in 1820, and probably contemporary with it.

Exterior

Small rectangular bierhouse of local rubble construction with roughly-kneelered rubble gable parapets; old slate roof with tiled ridge. Entrance to the centre on the chapel-facing side, with slate lintel; rectangular upper light to the L gable end.

Interior

Plain interior with single-bay roof; replaced purlins.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an early C19 bier house built to serve the adjacent Scotch Baptist chapel, retaining good original external character.

Group value with Rehoboth chapel.

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Bier House at Capel Rehoboth

A Grade II Listed Building in Harlech, Gwynedd