Elim Independent Chapel, Carmarthen

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Elim Independent Chapel
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Elim Chapel and Brodirion Ffynnon-ddrain from Castell Howell hill
Elim Independent Chapel, Carmarthen
OS grid reference SN402216
LocationCarmarthen
CountryWales, United Kingdom
Denomination Independent chapel
History
Founded1849
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated19 May 1981
Architectural type Chapel
Style Mid 19th century

Elim Independent Chapel is an independent chapel in the town of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The building dates from 1849 and is located about one mile north of Lime Grove House, Carmarthen. The chapel was designated a Grade II listed building on 19 May 1981.

The chapel

Elim Independent Chapel was built by Morgan in 1849 and is in a rural position about one mile north of Carmarthen. The facade has five bays, the central three being under a portico and the two outermost each having a full cornice that matches the portico. Although built in the classical style, the robust Bath stone columns are too widely spaced as compared to other buildings, and the arches behind them look somewhat out of place. Morgan has built other chapels with temple fronts at Mount Pleasant, Swansea and Newtown, Mongomeryshire. These are better proportioned and more ample. The interior of Elim Independent Chapel is quite plain with a timbered and plastered ceiling. There is a gallery at the rear with pierced, cast iron panels and an organ arch below Corinthian pilasters. [1]

The chapel was designated as a Grade II listed building on 19 May 1981, being an example of a fine "mid C19 hipped-roof chapel in a rural setting, with 1887 interior". [2] The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales curates the archaeological, architectural and historic records for this chapel. These include colour photographs. [3]

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References

  1. Thomas Lloyd; Julian Orbach; Robert Scourfield (2006). Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. Yale University Press. p. 135. ISBN   0-300-10179-1.
  2. "Elim Independent Chapel". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. "Elim Welsh Independent Chapel, Cemetery Road, Ffynnonddrain (6231)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 2 May 2016.

Coordinates: 51°52′14″N4°19′16″W / 51.8706°N 4.3211°W / 51.8706; -4.3211