Pontyglasier is set in undulating farmland in the Welsh-speaking north of the county and is a dispersed settlement centred around the chapel.

[4] In 1891, seven clergymen, including Thomas Morris of Pontyglasier, were charged with beating a bailiff attempting to recover tithe arrears.

[5] They appeared before magistrates a month later, in which the Reverend Morris was accused of knocking the bailiff's hat off three times during a scuffle.

The present chapel is built from Cilgerran stone, and there was originally an eleventh-hour clock face painted on the façade but this has since been rendered over.

[9][10] There is a Land Rover and general vehicle maintenance business, Yr Efail Garage (suggesting the presence of a former smithy), in Pontyglasier and an animal boarding establishment.