01/09/2026
A chapel with a difference!
While exploring historic chapel records we came across this fascinating OS map showing Zion Baptist Chapel, Llanwrtyd Wells. What makes it stand out? The chapel had a really unusual heptagonal plan. The site is recorded on Coflein as part of the National Monuments Record of Wales: https://zurl.co/UVAVj
The chapel has since been demolished, meaning that very few traces of the building survive today. In many cases, historic maps, photographs and archival records are all that remain to tell the story of chapels like this one.
This is exactly why the Capeli Cymru National Chapel Census is so important. By recording chapels and gathering local knowledge, we're helping to preserve the memory of places that have disappeared from the landscape but remain an important part of Wales' cultural and religious heritage.
You can contribute to our work by completing the census for chapels you know of, whether open, closed, converted or demolished.
Complete the census here: https://zurl.co/PxxLC
📸 1938 Ordnance Survey map showing the distinctive footprint of Zion Baptist Chapel, Llanwrtyd Wells.