Some History:
Siloah Independent Chapel was built in 1840 and enlarged/rebuilt in 1855 to the design of architect Thomas Thomas of Landore. The main gabled street front has a sophisticated design finished in render, with four giant attached classical columns (pilasters) capped by voluted or scrolled capitals in the Ionic Style. The chapel was enlarged/rebuilt again in 1904, to the design of arhitect David Jones of Llanelli. The current chapel, dated 1904, is built in the Classical Round-Headed style with a gable entry plan and Florentine-tracery window glazing. The building is Grade 2 listed.
The chapel flourished under the influence of
Thomas Rees, who quadrupled the amount of members for the small chapel, It operated until 2005 when it closed after years of decline
The Explore:
Entry was not a problem, there was some concern when a motion detector strobe light flashed in @A-DOG ‘s face but we did not spot any alarms, cameras or other motion sensors so we carried on.
Place was in suprisingly good condition, especially as the other chapels in the area were all basically ruined.
Outside view via google maps:
Enjoy the photos!
The Photos:
Some views of the chapel itself
There were tons of books just laying around
Looks like someone was reading this one!
A drawer filled with something?
Some memorials and other of note things (unfortunately in welsh)
One of the hallways in the chapel
The organ, still in great condition, we weren’t gonna play anything as we had to be quiet in here
A view from the upper balcony
The organ
Turns out there were stairs leading up to the 2nd balcony, you just had to give the doors a little nudge, We were climbing up onto it from a table that managed to hold our weight!
The aforementioned extension, gives off a completely different feeling from the rest of the chapel
Overall?
A good explore, nearly never got to explore it as @RealBBNC was concerned for alarms and stuff , if they put a motion detector in there im suprised we didnt set off any alarms.. atleast not any loud ones
BBNC
Ryhs
Exploring with @RealBBNC @A-DOG
Siloah Independent Chapel was built in 1840 and enlarged/rebuilt in 1855 to the design of architect Thomas Thomas of Landore. The main gabled street front has a sophisticated design finished in render, with four giant attached classical columns (pilasters) capped by voluted or scrolled capitals in the Ionic Style. The chapel was enlarged/rebuilt again in 1904, to the design of arhitect David Jones of Llanelli. The current chapel, dated 1904, is built in the Classical Round-Headed style with a gable entry plan and Florentine-tracery window glazing. The building is Grade 2 listed.
The chapel flourished under the influence of
Thomas Rees, who quadrupled the amount of members for the small chapel, It operated until 2005 when it closed after years of decline
The Explore:
Entry was not a problem, there was some concern when a motion detector strobe light flashed in @A-DOG ‘s face but we did not spot any alarms, cameras or other motion sensors so we carried on.
Place was in suprisingly good condition, especially as the other chapels in the area were all basically ruined.
Outside view via google maps:
Enjoy the photos!
The Photos:
Some views of the chapel itself
There were tons of books just laying around
Looks like someone was reading this one!
A drawer filled with something?
Some memorials and other of note things (unfortunately in welsh)
One of the hallways in the chapel
The organ, still in great condition, we weren’t gonna play anything as we had to be quiet in here
A view from the upper balcony
The organ
Turns out there were stairs leading up to the 2nd balcony, you just had to give the doors a little nudge, We were climbing up onto it from a table that managed to hold our weight!
The aforementioned extension, gives off a completely different feeling from the rest of the chapel
Overall?
A good explore, nearly never got to explore it as @RealBBNC was concerned for alarms and stuff , if they put a motion detector in there im suprised we didnt set off any alarms.. atleast not any loud ones
BBNC
Ryhs
Exploring with @RealBBNC @A-DOG
