Tabernacle Chapel is a

Calvinistic Methodist The Presbyterian Church of Wales (), also known as the Calvinistic Methodist Church (), is a denomination of Protestant Christianity based in Wales. The Calvinistic Methodist movement has its origins in the 18th-century Welsh Methodist revival ...

chapel in the town of

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, Wales. The present building dates from 1836 and is located in Queen Street, Llandovery. It was designated as a

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listed building on 26 February 1981. Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Chapel was built in 1836, refurbished in 1869 and renovated in 1906. It is set back from the road and fronted by a courtyard. The facade has a raised

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with four bays and large Gothic windows with classical details, the whole being on a rather larger scale than most Welsh chapels. There are four large pointed widows, the ones in the central bays being taller, and two doors. The walls are painted stucco and the roof is gabled with deep eaves, and Greek Revival mutules under the eaves, similar to those found at Llandingat House. The interior of the chapel has a five-sided gallery with simple panels supported by six iron posts. The pulpit dates from 1869 and is set on a painted platform with a panelled base, curved corners and a

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, in a wide arched recess. This chapel was designated as a

listed building on 26 February 1981, being a fine example of "a large town chapel in Georgian Gothic style with good interior detail including gallery of 1869". The

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curates the archaeological, architectural and historic records for this chapel. These include digital photographs, a collection of old postcards, a Victorian Society South Wales Group

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and various items from the Rosser collection.

References

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