Ebenezer Chapel, Aberavon Explained

Ebenezer Baptist Church
Denomination:	Baptist Union of Wales
Minister:	Rev. Peter Davies, B.D.
Website:	ebenezer-aberavon.org

Ebenezer Chapel, Aberavon (more correctly, "Ebenezer Baptist Church"), is a Baptist church in Port Talbot, Wales.^[1] Built in 1881,^[2] it is located in the Civic Square, where it is the only surviving building from the old Port Talbot town centre to have survived the wholesale demolition that preceded the construction of a new town centre during the mid-1970s;^[3] the address was formerly "Talbot Street". It has been a listed building since 1980.

The building was designed in a "scarce Romanesque style" by George Morgan of Carmarthen, a noted architect of Baptist chapels,^[4] and was built on the site of an earlier chapel, dating from 1836.^[5]

Services at the church have traditionally been conducted in the Welsh language but both Welsh and English are used.^[2] Located close to the civic centre, it is used by the local authority, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, for an annual carol service and other occasional events.^[6]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Ebenezer Baptist Church, Aberavon . Ebenezer Chapel, Aberavon. 14 April 2016.
2. Web site: West Glamorgan Archive Service – Ebenezer Welsh Baptist Church, Aberavon, Records. Archives Wales. 14 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160427023402/http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?coll_id=76760&inst_id=34&term=Aberavon%20%7C%20Wales. 27 April 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Historical Port Talbot – Timeline . Port Talbot Historical Society. 14 April 2016.
4. Book: Welsh Chapels. Jones. Anthony . 1996. National Museum Wales . 87. 9780750911627.
5. Web site: Ebenezer Chapel, Port Talbot . British Listed Buildings. 15 April 2016.
6. Web site: Neath Port Talbot civic carol service at Ebenezer Baptist Chapel. 11 December 2012. South Wales Evening Post. 15 April 2016.