Tabernacle Independent Chapel. is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 February 1999. Chapel.
Tabernacle Independent Chapel.
- WRENN ID
- roaming-rood-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1999
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Tabernacle Independent Chapel is a building from the 18th century, constructed of unpainted stucco with a concrete roof tiled roof. The front of the chapel is a plain, gabled facade. A date plaque is set into the pedimental gable, and the verges were likely simplified in the 20th century. The first floor is divided into five bays of unequal width, separated by pilasters topped with a cornice and a pediment that mirrors the gable line, particularly prominent over the central bay. The outer bays are narrow and blank, while the next bays inwards contain sash windows with marginal glazing bars within architraves. A stepped arched triplet forms the central feature, with the central light being larger and also featuring marginal glazing bars. A heavy moulded course runs below the pilasters. The ground floor features rusticated quoins, matching sashes on either side, and a centrally placed cambered doorway with a moulded surround and keystone. The doorway is framed by double doors and an overlight. The side walls are rendered and extend two stories, each with three windows.
The interior of the chapel is large-scaled and features deep raked galleries on three sides. These galleries have angled corners and ornate panelled fronts supported by seven cast-iron columns with decorative caps. The gallery fronts include pairs of horizontal panels separated by broad piers with paired Gothic panels. The horizontal panels are heavily moulded with inset panels featuring rebated upper angles. A clock is positioned centrally between two piers. A moulded top cornice juts forward over the piers. The gallery balustrade has a heavy ball-finial newel design. Panelled pews, arranged in rows within the galleries and below on either side of two aisles, include some inward-facing pews beside the pulpit. A three-sided great seat with a heavily moulded rail is also present. The pulpit is accessed by steps on each side, with turned balusters, newels with finials, a broad panelled front, and the pulpit itself stepped forward. The pulpit front includes arched panels with contrasting grains. The exceptionally large back of the pulpit is in a classical style; the lower portion may be earlier than the upper, which appears to have been added after 1918 as a war memorial. It is divided into three tiers: the lowest section is horizontally panelled between panelled outer piers; the second tier is slightly lower with outer piers and a long horizontal panel between two vertical panels, the long panel featuring a central roundel; and the top has a cornice culminating in a large piece with a blank arcade of four panels with column shafts and moulded arches, all under a curved pediment with gold-painted text. A lobby with half-glazed doors containing stained glass panels is situated on either side of a broad traceried window edged with coloured glass margins. The ceiling features a moulded cornice and a deep coved border, with the corners rounded. The main part of the ceiling is plain and was replaced in the 20th century.
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