TABERNACL (1) CHAPEL (CALVINISTIC METHODIST), CHAPEL SQUARE, ABERDYFI
Site Details
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NPRN 97176
Map Reference SN69NW
Grid Reference SN61429602
Unitary (Local) Authority Gwynedd
Old County Merioneth
Community Aberdovey
Type of Site CHAPEL
Broad Class RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY
Period Post Medieval
Site Description Built in 1828 to the design of Rev Richard Humphreys of Dyffryn; gallery added 1855 (BCS database). Like Tabernacl (2) (NPRN: 8621) which was built 1864? on a new site, Tabernacl (1) has stuccoed dripstones, but to flat-headed openings: 3 to first floor on SW., and 2 to first floor on NE., the latter with centre, flat-headed and pilastered doorway. Each gabled elevation with stuccoed quoins and wide blind plaque strip in gable. Converted to secular use from ca. 1864? Plaque presently on NPRN: 8621 reads: "Tabernacl/adeiladwyd ir Methodistiaid Calfinaidd yn y flwyddin 1828". Present status (1999): other (shops & ?residential). O M Jenkins.
