Pen-rhiw Chapel
Original location Dre-fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire
Built 1777
Date opened to the public 1956
Pen-rhiw Unitarian Chapel was located in an area known as 'Y Smotyn Du', the black spot, by other Christian groups who disagreed with the beliefs of the Unitarians.
By 1851 there were 27 Unitarian chapels in Wales.
The chapel is believed to have been built as a barn and was acquired by the Unitarians in 1777. It is unadorned and simple in construction, and in some ways still resembles a barn rather than a place of worship.
In 1870 a gallery was added so more people could worship in the chapel.
Famous Unitarians include Louisa May Alcott, the author of 'Little Women', Edvard Grieg the Noregian composer and Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web.
St Fagans National Museum of History
Pen-rhiw Chapel
Original location Dre-fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire
Built 1777
Date opened to the public 1956
Pen-rhiw Unitarian Chapel was located in an area known as 'Y Smotyn Du', the black spot, by other Christian groups who disagreed with the beliefs of the Unitarians.
By 1851 there were 27 Unitarian chapels in Wales.
The chapel is believed to have been built as a barn and was acquired by the Unitarians in 1777. It is unadorned and simple in construction, and in some ways still resembles a barn rather than a place of worship.
In 1870 a gallery was added so more people could worship in the chapel.
Famous Unitarians include Louisa May Alcott, the author of 'Little Women', Edvard Grieg the Noregian composer and Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web.
St Fagans National Museum of History