CAPEL SAESNEG STRYD FAWR Y BALA LL23 7AG PRICE: 50,000. VIEWING: Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agents

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1 Ref: B.612 SURVEYORS ESTATE AGENTS AUCTIONEERS VALUERS A REDUNDANT CHAPEL BULDING CAPEL SAESNEG STRYD FAWR Y BALA LL23 7AG A freehold single cell detached Chapel building of solid stone construction under a pitched slated roof, with a prominent clock tower to the front elevation Standing back from the High Street in the centre of Bala town behind a lawned foregarden Built circa 1870 and initially used as a Chapel of Ease and thereafter as a School until 1904 Entrance Porch/Vestibule; Main Chapel; Independent WC; Store Room The property can be utilised for numerous uses, but the purchasers must satisfy themselves with the planning authority as to what is permissible Grade II Listed The purchaser will abide by the usual covenants not to use the property for the sale of alcohol, drugs, betting or gaming 80 High Street PORTHMADOG LL49 9NW Tel : / Fax : PRICE: 50,000 VIEWING: Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agents 38 High Street BALA LL23 7AB Tel: Fax: High Street BLAENAU FFESTINIOG LL41 3AA Tel : Fax: High Street HARLECH LL46 2YA Tel : A High Street CRICCIETH LL52 0RN

2 CAPEL SAESNEG, STRYD FAWR, Y BALA, GWYNEDD LL23 7AG. The Chapel consists of a single cell building of solid stone construction under a pitched slated roof, with a prominent clock tower to the front elevation, and stands back from High Street in the centre of Bala town, behind a lawned fore-garden. We understand that the Chapel was built around 1870 when it was initially used as a Chapel of Ease, and thereafter as a school until It has timber block flooring to the main Chapel with some leaded glass windows, and is a Grade II Listed building. The property can be utilised for numerous uses, subject to the necessary planning consent. The ACCOMMODATION comprises of :- [all measurements are approximate] Entrance Porch/Vestibule with quarry tiled floor. Main Chapel 15.65m x 6.87m with timber block flooring; 6 electric wall heaters; raised pulpit and stage area. Independent WC with sink unit. Small Store Room with fitted shelving and built-in cupboards.

3 CAPEL SAESNEG, STRYD FAWR, Y BALA, GWYNEDD LL23 7AG. Outside Grassed lawned forecourt. Rear access to Mount Street. Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage. Note: The Agents have not tested any electrical installation, central heating system (if any) or other appliances and services referred to in these particulars, and no warranty is given as to their working ability. Tenure: Freehold with vacant possession on completion. Local Authority: Cyngor Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Penrallt, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 1BN. Tel: Snowdonia National Park, National Park Offices, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, LL48 6LF. Tel: EPC EXCEMPT Money Laundering Regulations The successful purchaser will be required to produce adequate identification to prove their identity within the term of the Money Laundering Regulations. Appropriate examples include: Passport/Photographic Driving Licence and a recent Utility Bill. TOM PARRY & CO WEBSITE THESE PARTICULARS ARE THOUGHT TO BE MATERIALLY CORRECT THOUGH THEIR ACCURACY IS NOT GUARANTEED AND THEY DO NOT FORM PART OF ANY CONTRACT.

4 Presbyterian Chapel, Including Forecourt Walls and Railings A Grade II Listed Building in Bala, Gwynedd Coordinates Latitude: / 52 54'40"N Longitude: / 3 35'47"W OS Eastings: OS Northings: OS Grid: SH Mapcode National: GBR 6D.NNVN Mapcode Global: WH675.Q3M1 Entry Name: Presbyterian Chapel, Including Forecourt Walls and Railings Listing Date: 19 October 1951 Last Amended: 13 December 2001 Grade: II Source: Cadw Source ID: 4910 Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary Location: Set back from the street behind its own walled and railed forecourt. County: Gwynedd Community: Bala (Y Bala) Community: Bala Built-Up Area: Bala Traditional County: Merionethshire History Traditionally called the `English Chapel'. Built in 1810 as a Chapel of Ease and licensed for divine service in From then until the construction of Christ Church in 1855, the chapel served as the town's only Anglican church. From 1855 until 1873 the chapel was converted for use as a national school; entrances on both sides (subsequently blocked) relate to alterations carried out during this period. The interior was refitted in simple style c.1907, from which date Presbyterian services were held here. Exterior Small former extra-parochial church; of local rubble construction with shallow slate roof with deep eaves. Short nave and square-headed choir, with advanced W tower in the centre of the front. The tower is of 3 stages and has a Celtic-type stone pyramidal roof; arched entrance to the ground floor stage, with simple 4-light radial fan and boarded door with modern ironwork. The second stage of the tower has a squat rectangular light with a modern clock face above (1996). A plain string course defines the upper stage. This has a large arched window with horizontal slatting. The nave W ends, flanking the tower, have arched windows with 4-pane glazing and fans as before; semi-circular lights above. The side walls are of 3 bays and have arched windows as before. Each side has a blocked Tudor-arched entrance at both the E and W end. The E end has a large canted bay window with hipped roof and arched 3-light Y-tracery window; leaded lights with marginal glazing, obscured, plain glass elsewhere. In front of the chapel is a long rectangular forecourt. This has tall coped rubble side walls terminating at the front in octagonal piers of squared, coursed stone; shallow conical capping. The front has a low coped wall of similar stone with surmounting spear-headed railings and simple central gates.

5 Interior Plain interior with depressed segmentally-vaulted plaster ceiling and parquet floor; boarded dado panelling of pine (replaced on th S side). W inner porch of pine with blind trefoil and quatrefoil decoration and a 3-light central window with obscured glass; 6-panel doors to the L and R returns, the upper 4 glazed. W doors to R and L of this porch, that to the L with Gothic doors having segmental head and arched and quatrefoil panels; similar, square headed door to the R. Open Gothic railings of oak at the E end defining a raised Deacon's Enclosure; trefoil-headed arcading with square flanking newels. Unfixed Deacon's chair and reading desk to the L; simple Gothic style, in oak. The tower (serving as an entrance porch) has pine dado panelling and simple black/red tiled pavement. Reasons for Listing Listed as a distinctive late Georgian chapel retaining good original external character; the oldest surviving place of worship in the town.