Ebenezer chapel, Cefn Coed y Cymmer, Merthyr Tydfil

A collection of photographs of the closed, bricked-up and boarded-up Ebenezer Welsh Baptist chapel, at Cefn Coed y Cymmer.

Cefn Coed y Cymmer is a small village at the crossroads of the A465 (Heads of the Valley) and A470 roads, about two miles north of Merthyr Tydfil town centre.

The most famous - and unmissable - landmark in Cefn Coed y Cymmer is the curved viaduct built in 1866 to carry the Brecon and Merthyr Railway line.

Ebenezer was built in 1838 and rebuilt in 1861 but when did this chapel close ?

Who owns the building and what are the plans for the future of the site ?

The photos reveal a chapel slowly de-constructing : becoming derelict, revealing constituent parts and architectural detail.

It seems to be held together precariously by the addition of some breeze blocks as support.

 

Note : The photographs were taken in May 2006.