| Tabernacle Chapel | |
|---|---|
Capel y Tabernacl | |
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 Tabernacle Chapel | |
| Location | Morriston, Swansea |
| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Union of Welsh Independents |
| Website | morristontabernacl.org |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 30 September 1993 |
| Architect | John Humphrey |
| Years built | 1874-1877, additions through 1890 |
| Completed | 1872 |
TheTabernacle Chapel[1] (Capel y Tabernacl inWelsh), also known asLibanus Chapel, is aGrade I listedchapel on Woodfield Street inMorriston, Swansea, Wales.
Designed by the architect John Humphrey and built at a cost of £15,000 in 1872 (equivalent to £2 million in 2023[2]). The debt incurred was paid off over more than forty years, with a special service held on New Years Day 1914 to celebrate clearing the debt[3]
The chapel has seating for 3,000 and has been called the "Nonconformist Cathedral of Wales".[4]
The design was copied many times elsewhere in Wales. The pulpit is the focus and below this is theSedd Fawr (big seat) for the deacons. The Welsh language inscription above the organ readsAddolwch yr Arglwydd mewn Prydferthwch Sancteiddrwydd (Worship ye the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness), fromPsalm 96.[5]
It is used for practice and performance by two local choirs: the Tabernacle Morriston Choir[6] and the Morriston Ladies Choir.[7]
During restoration work in 2012, workers recovered asixpenny piece placed under the original pinnacle – an unusual feature in a Nonconformist church – in 1872 by the daughter of the builder, industrialist Daniel Edwards.[8]
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