Plough Lane Chapel, Brecon

Plough Lane Chapel, Brecon

Location	Plough Lane, Brecon
Country	Wales
Denomination	Union of Welsh Independents
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	16 December 1976
Architect(s)	Owen Morris Roberts
Completed	1892

Plough Lane Chapel Lion Street Brecon or Plough United Reformed Church. This historic chapel is the home of one of the oldest non-conformist congregations in Breconshire. There has been a chapel on this site since the 1690s, when it took over an old ale house — hence the name. The present building dates back to 1841 and was re-modelled by Owen Morris Roberts in 1892 and is considered to be one of the finest chapel interiors in Wales. It is Grade II* listed for its very fine chapel furnishings and interior. It has a classic, galleried layout, with ornate woodwork and spectacular ceiling.^[1] Particularly notable is the beautiful woodwork of the gallery fronts, pulpit and imposing Sett Fawr. The vestry contains memorial plaques from the former Glamorgan Street Congregational Church. Off the vestry is also the splendid “Minister’s toilet” with lavishly decorated toilet pan.^[2]

References

↑ British Listed Buildings
↑ Scourfield R & Haslam R. The Buildings of Wales: Powys; Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire, Yale 2013, 446

External Links

Chapels Heritage Society
Brecon Beacons Pastorate

Plough Lane Chapel Gallery

thumb|Date Plaque, 1841. Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Tiered pews on gallery Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Interior view at Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon looking towards organ.
Decorative plaster ceiling c1880 at Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Elaborate Victorian ventilation system c1880 at Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Interior view with decorative woodwork c1880 at Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
The tiered gallery with decorative woodwork c1880 at Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Interior view of the tiered gallery with decorative woodwork c1880 at Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Detailed view of the tiered gallery with decorative woodwork c1880 at Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Plasterwork ceiling rose for gas light c1880 at Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Cast iron corinthian stantions used to support the gallery ?1880 at the Plough Lane Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon.
Plasterwork ceiling spandrel c1880.
Listed Loo, Plough Chapel, Lion Street, Brecon

Coordinates: 51°56′48″N 3°23′20″W / 51.9468°N 3.3889°W / 51.9468; -3.3889

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