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Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Ebenezer Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5971 / 51°35'49"N

Longitude: -3.7838 / 3°47'1"W

OS Eastings: 276540

OS Northings: 190207

OS Grid: SS765902

Mapcode National: GBR H3.BQYP

Mapcode Global: VH5H1.C3HY

Plus Code: 9C3RH6W8+VF

Entry Name: Forecourt Walls, Railings and Gates to Ebenezer Chapel

Listing Date: 31 January 2000

Last Amended: 31 January 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22805

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300022805

Location: Bounding the forecourt to Ebenezer Chapel and facing W.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Town: Port Talbot

Community: Aberavon (Aberafan)

Community: Aberavon

Built-Up Area: Port Talbot

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Wall

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History

Contemporary with the rebuilding of Ebenezer Chapel in 1880, and probably also by George Morgan of Carmarthen.

Exterior

Centrally-placed ashlar gate piers with chamfered angles, bases with chamfered top edges and ornate capstones, flanked by low snecked walls with saddleback ashlar copings. These support short iron railings, the uprights with alternating fleur-de-lis and scrolled finials. Open arches with decorated cusped heads between uprights and below top rail. A frieze of small quatrefoils is set between double bottom rails, also with fleur-de-lis finials. Double iron gates to entrance in a similar style, with 3 bands of quatrefoils, the upper ones with finials. Ashlar end piers to match gate piers, with rubble stone walls returning to E and adjoining the chapel. Set in the N face of the S wall is an oval iron plaque inscribed 'ebenezer/ baptist church/ 1836.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for the fine ironwork.
Group value with Ebenezer Chapel.

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