Bethel Chapel, Newtown -April 2015

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Constructed between 1875 and 1876, this is the third Welsh Calvinist chapel to have been built in Newtown. Designed by the famous Liverpool architect Richard Owens, and built at a cost of £2300, the chapel was constructed in the gothic style. The front elevation is in squared masonry and sandstone dressings with a central door and two buttresses to the main gable (from which spirelets have been removed). The remainder is in yellow brick beneath a slated roof to a tiled ridge. It probably seated about 450 people but is now in a sad state of disrepair, the holes in the roof have lead to some major rot to one side of the building.

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That really is nicely done, gorgeous building, lovely pics and a well researched report, can't ask for more. Many Thanks
 
Lovely set of photos there from a location I haven't seen before. Nicely done
 
Nice one, that really is a special yellow!
As Krela said, that roof really is going to be it's downfall.
Fantastic photos, thanks for sharing :)
 
I dunno, give it a year or two with no vandalism and that place will look even better...
 
The floors have already gone on the side with the missing slates, give it a few years and it will be a lot worse.
 

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