Tabernacl Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 July 1994. House.
Tabernacl Chapel
- WRENN ID
- north-rubblework-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Constituency
- Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1994
- Type
- House
- Address
- Tabernacl Chapel, Holyhead
- OS grid reference
- SH 245 824
- Coordinates
- 53.3102, -4.63526
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Tabernacl Chapel is a building with cement rendered elevations that are painted, topped with slate roofs. The entrance front features a gable with pinnacles and the inscription "Y Tabernacl" facing the road. A large semi-circular window with square panes and stained glass is located on the upper floor, beneath which is a band of arcading. The ground floor has three round-headed arches, with a central doorway that has panelled double-leaf doors flanked by windows.
The outer bays are advanced and topped with pinnacled domes behind a parapet. The first floor has three narrow windows, while the ground floor features three smaller windows. The side elevations consist of five bays, with round arches for the upper windows and square heads for the ground floor windows, which have marginal bars and hopper-type lower frames.
At the rear, there is a two-storey schoolroom and service block attached at a right angle, featuring three windows on the gable end, with round-headed windows on the first floor and square heads on the ground floor. The side of this block has five bays.
Inside, the chapel has a lofty interior with a raked floor and polished pine box-pews. A balcony runs along three sides, supported by iron columns, with classicising panels on the balcony front. The upper level features tall slender iron columns and steeply raked balcony box pews arranged in three tiers. The ceiling above the balcony is flat and panelled, while the main body of the chapel has a coved and panelled ceiling with a classicising relief band along the sides and diamond panels over six ventilator grilles.
The set fawr enclosure includes curving steps with turned newels and balusters leading up to the pulpit, which is adorned with panelling and small columns. At the rear of the set fawr is a large organ made by Blackett and Howden of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Glasgow, and Cardiff, featuring panelled lower levels, classicising panels on the organ console, and exposed pipes above. The front of the building has an entrance lobby flanked by staircase towers, while the rear block contains a first-floor schoolroom and ground-floor service rooms.
Local climate
Tabernacl Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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