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Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston

Coordinates : 51°39′48″N 3°55′30″W / 51.66333°N 3.92500°W / 51.66333; -3.92500 The Tabernacle Chapel [ 1 ] ( Capel y Tabernacl in Welsh ), also known as Libanus Chapel , is a Gr...

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Coordinates: 51°39′48″N3°55′30″W / 51.66333°N 3.92500°W / 51.66333; -3.92500

The Tabernacle Chapel[1] (Capel y Tabernacl in Welsh), also known as Libanus Chapel, is a Grade I listedchapel on Woodfield Street in Morriston, Swansea, Wales.

History

Designed by the architect John Humphrey and built at a cost of £15,000 in 1872 (equivalent to £2 million in 2024[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 the Sedd Fawr (big seat) for the deacons. The Welsh language inscription above the organ reads Addolwch yr Arglwydd mewn Prydferthwch Sancteiddrwydd (Worship ye the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness), from Psalm 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 a sixpenny 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]

References

  1. ↑Morriston Tabernacle Chapel
  2. ↑United Kingdom Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth "consistent series" supplied in Thomas, Ryland; Williamson, Samuel H. (2026). "What Was the U.K. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  3. ↑"Morriston Tabernacle Jubilee Services. A Proud Boast: Debt Wiped Off". Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. Wales. 1914. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "La arquitectura de Gales: Arquitectura religiosa: Capilla del Libanus (Tabernáculo), Morriston" . Biblioteca Nacional de Gales. Archivado del original el 9 de mayo de 2013.
  5. ↑ Keen, Richard y Burgum, Ian. Gales . Orion Publishing Group (1997) pág. 125.
  6. ^ Coro del Tabernáculo de Morriston
  7. ↑ "Coro Femenino de Morriston" . Archivado del original el 4 de diciembre de 2003.
  8. ↑ "Se encontró una moneda histórica de seis peniques en una 'catedral' inconformista", Patrimonio en Gales , n.º 52. Consultado el 11 de julio de 2012.

51°39′48″N 3°55′30″W / 51.66333°N 3.92500°W / 51.66333; -3.92500