Peniel, Carno Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel

Image: © Jeremy Bolwell Taken: 1 Mar 2012

A listed building. Its listing reads; 'This is a fine example of early twentieth century Classical design, with a gable entry plan and tall round-headed windows. It is constructed largely from snecked rock-faced stone, with ashlar dressings. It has a 3-bay pedimented gable front with a round-arched receded central bay, enclosing a tympanum with inscribed dates of foundation and building. With the exception of the tympanum and two oculi, the fenestration is all semi-circular headed, with four tall windows along the lateral elevations, a triple-headed window above the arched entrance and double headed windows flanking the 6-panelled door. The roof is of slate. The rear of the church is slate hung and leads to an attached vestry / schoolroom, built from brick with a hipped slate roof and an end stack over a gablet. The interior of the church appears to have been designed to have had a gallery, although none is in evidence today. The building was closed as a place of worship in 2002 but is Grade 2 Listed'. How can a village permit a space like this to lie fallow?

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