A quick once round these two because Google maps had taken me through Llanidloes on the way back from somewhere else.
There wasn’t much to see - both buildings have evidently been stripped for years.
Front and rear views - a shed was built on the back of the hall sometime in the 1960/70s.
Starting with the hall, this was last used as an ironmongers which closed around 2002.
The ground floor is part-filled with junk, a lot of partitions have been installed and the balcony of the original auditorium has been built over as the first floor.
The most interesting thing was this wooden flue in the upstairs ceiling, presumably for a gas light.
Reading up about the hall later there’s rumoured to be tiered theatre seating under the ground floor, but I didn’t look at the time.
Next the chapel, which closed in 2004.
This is one of several in Llanidloes designed by architect Richard Owens who, apart from 250+ chapels, also did the Welsh Streets in Liverpool.
The pews have gone, but it’s still got a complete organ, apparently the first chapel in Llanidloes to have one (1886).
Both buildings are currently leased by a community organisation who hope to renovate and reuse them.
There wasn’t much to see - both buildings have evidently been stripped for years.
Front and rear views - a shed was built on the back of the hall sometime in the 1960/70s.
Starting with the hall, this was last used as an ironmongers which closed around 2002.
The ground floor is part-filled with junk, a lot of partitions have been installed and the balcony of the original auditorium has been built over as the first floor.
The most interesting thing was this wooden flue in the upstairs ceiling, presumably for a gas light.
Reading up about the hall later there’s rumoured to be tiered theatre seating under the ground floor, but I didn’t look at the time.
Next the chapel, which closed in 2004.
This is one of several in Llanidloes designed by architect Richard Owens who, apart from 250+ chapels, also did the Welsh Streets in Liverpool.
The pews have gone, but it’s still got a complete organ, apparently the first chapel in Llanidloes to have one (1886).
Both buildings are currently leased by a community organisation who hope to renovate and reuse them.
