Bethany Baptist Chapel - A Family Retreat in the Brecon Beacons

Bethany Baptist Chapel, Treherbert

I wanted to share a post about an absolute gem of a holiday home; Bethany Baptist Chapel, that we had the pleasure of enjoying a weekend's stay at recently via airbnb. 

We visited the Brecon Beacons, Wales as the final celebration for my parent's 30th wedding anniversary in September and our party included the four of us, my parents, my brother and his partner - eight of us in total. 

Finding spacious, comfortable accommodation for eight that happens to be child-friendly, and within a reasonable budget can be a tricky ask, but this quirky, Grade II listed building and former church provided the perfect base for our stay.

Nestled at the bottom of the Rhigos Mountain, which you through en route to several places and which offers fantastic views of the beautiful countryside and valleys, the house is in a great location for exploring the nearby Brecon Beacons and surrounding areas. 

As a former church that has been renovated well, this house has maintained many original features and transformed them into this eccentric home; from the organ that forms a feature wall in the master bedroom and a walk in wardrobe on the other side, a stained glass window, and the hand-crafted pulpit with mezzanine which creates a rather dramatic dining area where we enjoyed our breakfast each morning.  

Bethany Baptist Chapel, The Pulpit and dining area

Bethany Baptist Chapel, Treherbert, Wales

Master bedroom complete with organ

Bethany Baptist Chapel, Airbnb

Bethany Baptist Chapel

Bethany Baptist Chapel has five bedrooms, one king, two doubles and two singles in the remaining rooms, and three bathrooms, which made it perfect for us. 

It's difficult to convey the sheer size and space of this unique property, set over two floors, the ground is largely open plan and has a great living area with sofas and coffee table, as well as armchairs in front of a wood-burning oven. A small play corner with a vast amount of children's books and toys made it popular with Bridget and Bea on arrival, and the small upstairs lounge area with a huge bookshelf packed with novels was incredibly inviting for the bookworms amongst our party (me). 

There was also a selection of board games and a darts board which provided great evening entertainment. We booked it as a base but actually found ourselves wanting to get back and enjoy the property in the evenings, which is testament to how much we enjoyed it.

The village of Treherbert was quite residential and had a few local shops, takeaways and a couple of pubs if you wanted to order in or venture out for a local pint; we didn't but the option was there.

Overall the house really was fantastic, it wasn't perfect, there were a few little niggles, the sofa was a little tatty and could have done with a new cover or even a throw to freshen it up, but in general we were more than satisfied and in terms of what we paid for the weekend, we were delighted. When we arrived we had been gifted with fresh milk, bread and butter as well as essentials such as tea bags, sugar and coffee too, a nice touch.

If you are looking for a beautiful base by the Brecon Beacons I would urge you to check out Bethany Baptist Chapel; priced from a hugely reasonable £150 a night, it's an absolute steal.

This was my first trip to Wales since I was a teenager and I really did fall in love with the beautiful, rugged and gloriously green country. We got to enjoy plenty which you can read about here but I'll look forward to returning with the girls when they are a little older and can do some more energetic hiking.