Tabernacle Baptist Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 January 1998. A Victorian Chapel.

Tabernacle Baptist Chapel

WRENN ID
proud-garret-jackdaw
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 January 1998
Type
Chapel
Period
Victorian
Address
Tabernacle Baptist Chapel, Grwyne Fawr, Abergavenny, Crucorney, Monmouthshire
OS grid reference
SO 284 227
Coordinates
51.89829, -3.04194
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Tabernacle Baptist Chapel is a small single-cell chapel built in 1837, constructed from roughly squared red sandstone rubble with a Welsh slate roof and tiled ridge. The chapel features windows only in the gable walls. The entrance gable has a 20th-century gabled slated porch over the original plank double doors, flanked by 8 over 16 sash windows with horns in elliptical heads. To the left of the door, there are two nicely engraved but somewhat damaged grave slabs fixed to the wall. The rear gable also has these windows, and both gables are adorned with shaped bargeboards and pendants. An inscribed plaque on the entrance gable reads 'TABERNACLE Baptist Chapel ST. JT. Builders. 1837'.

Inside, the chapel retains a strong original character despite some changes. It features pine dado panelling and vertical panelling on the fronts of the galleries, which run on three sides and are supported by slim iron columns. The 'set fawr' has a panelled front with a cupboard for the Host and twin staircases. Most of these elements appear to date from 1837, along with some of the fixed benches in the galleries, while the pews are later additions. The interior also includes queen post roof trusses, creating a charming and largely unaltered space for the period.

Local climate

Tabernacle Baptist Chapel receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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