Cefn Bychan Baptist Chapel, Cefn-mawr, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9661 / 52°57'57"N

Longitude: -3.0664 / 3°3'59"W

OS Eastings: 328472

OS Northings: 341503

OS Grid: SJ284415

Mapcode National: GBR 72.K5NQ

Mapcode Global: WH785.VPZZ

Plus Code: 9C4RXW8M+CC

Entry Name: Cefn Bychan Baptist Chapel

Listing Date: 30 April 1996

Last Amended: 30 April 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 16871

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Cefnbychan Baptist Chapel

ID on this website: 300016871

Location: On the corner of Newbridge Road and Cae Gwilym Road, immediately below the railway embankment in a small grassed yard.

County: Wrexham

Community: Cefn

Locality: Newbridge

Built-Up Area: Cefn-mawr

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Chapel

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History

The chapel is dated 1825.

Exterior

Roughly coursed and squared rubble, with half-hipped slate roof. Doorway in centre of gable end facing street. Split 4-panelled door with radial glazing to fanlight; inscribed stone over door with date etc. Flanking 16-pane sash windows with tooled wedge lintels, and 2 similar windows in each return elevation. School room to right is a single storeyed, 2-window range, with similar 16-pane sashes. Chimney in its brick-built gable end.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a virtually unaltered early C19 chapel of fine vernacular character.

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Cefn Bychan Baptist Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in Cefn-mawr, Wrexham