Built: 1895
Style: Gothic
Architect: Thomas Morgan of Aberystwyth and the builder David Lloyd
Cost: £2910
History: In 1893 there was a disagreement amongst the congregation of the Seilo chapel, Queen Street, therefore a number of its members left to form a breakaway group. At first this newly formed congregation met in the assembly rooms.
In 1895 the chapel was opened with a seating capacity for 450, and in 1898 a schoolroom for 180 students was added to the left and the rear of the chapel. In order to emphasis the congregations break, this chapel was designed in the Gothic style which, at the time was odd for a Welsh language Calvinist Methodist congregation, in contrast to the Seilo chapel which was created with the baroque style.
In 1905 transepts were added to the exterior of the chapel and a new organ was inserted.
Source: Dyfedhd.org
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