12) Ebenezer Chapel

In retrospect this sketch, which is not that well executed, was a bit of a retrograde step, since I made no attempt to put in any of the surroundings, therefore leaving the chapel floating in mid air. The chapel is actually one of the buildings facing the square in front of the Civic Centre and the Princess Royal Theatre, although to be fair it was there before either of those buildings, or the Afan Shopping Centre which is opposite the Civic Centre. The chapel is actually the only building in the square which predates it - the only building to survive the demolition and remodelling of the town centre in the 1970s. The building itself was originally built in 1881, and received its Grade II listed status 99 years later.