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Latitude: 52.8596 / 52°51'34"N
Longitude: -4.1057 / 4°6'20"W
OS Eastings: 258327
OS Northings: 331195
OS Grid: SH583311
Mapcode National: GBR 5Q.RYZD
Mapcode Global: WH55Z.XD24
Plus Code: 9C4QVV5V+RP
Entry Name: Capel Rehoboth
Listing Date: 21 June 2001
Last Amended: 21 June 2001
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 25508
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Also known as: Rehoboth Baptist Chapel
ID on this website: 300025508
Location: On a commanding, elevated site on the eastern edge of Harlech with fine views over the town and castle; set within its own walled graveyard and accessed via a steep lane leading up from the Stryd Fawr
County: Gwynedd
Community: Harlech
Community: Harlech
Built-Up Area: Harlech
Traditional County: Merionethshire
Tagged with: Chapel
Rehoboth, also known formerly as Capel Uchaf was built in 1820 for the Scotch Baptists, nick-named the 'batis bara a chaws' (bread and cheeze baptists). The chapel was comprehensively restored in the late C19, at which period a schoolroom was attatched at the W end.
Located some 250m behind the chapel is a C19 baptismal immersion tank which belonged to the congregation; this has been largely rebuilt in the C20.
Medium-sized rectangular chapel with later school-room addition stepped down at the W gable end. Of roughcast rubble with applied corner pilasters and window dressings of raised render in the late C19/early C20 vernacular manner; renewed slate roof with tiled ridge, plain bargeboards and slate slab-copings laid on at the gable ends. The sides of the chapel ate of 4 bays with 4 windows on the N side and 3 on the S, with a porch entrance on the third bay of the latter. The windows are tall, arched 8-pane sash windows with marginal glazing and 2-pane segmental heads. The porch is single-storey, gabled with boarded door to the W return and a small 8-pane sash to the front (S). Above this is an inset slate plaque inscribed: 'Rehoboth 1820 J.R.J.' Further tall arched window to the E gable end. The adjoining school-room has a catslide porch to the R on the S side (partly overlapping the chapel proper) wih boarded door. The S side has a 4-pane sash with marginal glazing and a boarded door to the basement at L; reduced, rendered brick chimney to the L gable.
The late C19 interior fittings have been retained. Grained pine pews with pointed-arched pew ends slope down to the Set Fawr with a central aisle in the usual manner. Four-part compartmented ceiling with boarding and lateral dividing beams. Each compartment has a central roundel with moulded frame and decorative iron vent. The Set Fawr has a U-shaped panelled enclosure with moulded vertical lower panels and turned, arcaded upper part; plain square newels with ball finials. Acess to the Set Fawr from R and L via similar flights of steps. The pulpit front has turned upper balusters and rail; tall arched recess behind the seat with broad plaster architrave. To the L of the Set Fawr is a 4-panel door with plain architrave.
Listed for its special interest as an early C19 Scotch Baptist chapel retaining good later C19 external and internal character.
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