Calfaria Baptist Chapel | |
Location: | Bigyn Road, Llanelli |
Country: | Wales, United Kingdom |
Denomination: | Baptist |
Founded Date: | 1887–1888 |
Architectural Type: | Chapel |
Heritage Designation: | Grade II |
Designated Date: | 3 December 1992 |
Style: | Romanesque Revival |
Calfaria was one of the many Baptist chapels in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Established in 1881, the original chapel was a modest red-brick building which cost £500 and was opened in January 1882.[1] The first minister was James Griffiths, who moved to Calfaria, Aberdare, in 1890.
In 1887–1888 a new chapel was built in the Lombardic or Romanesque Revival style to a design by George Morgan of Carmarthen, and the old chapel became the Sunday school.[2]
Calfaria was much affected by the 1904–1905 Welsh revival, during which a large number of prayer meetings were held. However, a prominent member was so overcome by the emotional impact of the revival that he was removed to Carmarthen Asylum.[3]
The chapel flourished for over a century before closing in the early twenty-first century. The building is now derelict.