[2] The children's novelist Elizabeth Mary Jones (1878–1953) known as 'Moelona', lived here and taught at Rhydlewis Primary School.

It is housed in a Grade 2 listed wooden building clad in corrugated metal sheeting that dates back to the nineteenth century.

The present chapel, dated 1846, is built in the Simple Round-Headed style of the long-wall entry type.

Capel Tŵr Gwyn was the venue for a Cymanfa Ganu broadcast on BBC Radio Cymru on 25 September 2011.

It was founded in 1955 and operates about twenty vehicles; these are used for school contracts and private hire, day trips and holiday tours.