- Nprn: 11131
- Cadw Ref: 25/E/11(3)
- Cadw Record No: 12823
- Summary: Tabernacle Congregational Chapel was first built in 1808, though not on this site. This chapel was built in 1909 in the Arts & Crafts style with a gable-entry plan, to the design of the Haverfordwest architects, D. Edward Thomas & Son. The chapel is constructed of red brick and Bath stone and has extensive ancillary accommodation beneath the chapel and in the rear south east wing. The chapel house is situated in the rear south west wing. Tabernacle is now Grade 2 Listed.
RCAHMW, November 2010 - Description: A chapel was built in 1808. It was rebuilt in 1909 in the Arts & Crafts style to the design of the Haverfordwest architects, D Ed Thomas & Son. Cost £6100. Status [1997]: Chapel Red engineering brick 1909 Arts and Crafts Building with stone details. Massive, includes tower with octagonal top. 1993 PCNPA.
A chapel was built in 1808 (1851 R. Census). It was rebuilt in 1909 (PCNPA) or 1909-10 (Cadw) as a red brick Arts & Crafts building with stone dressings, to the design of the Haverfordwest architects, D Ed Thomas & Son. There are art nouveau railings and an organ case of ca. 1925. Status
Situated towards eastern end of street, on corner of Mansfield Street.
l909-10 Independent chapel by D Edward Thomas and Son of Haverfordwest. Red brick and Bath stone, Edwardian free style of a type unusual in S W Wales. Large scale with extensive ancillary accommodation beneath chapel and in rear SE wing. Chapel house as rear SW wing.
Exterior: Chapel has N end gable front to road, framed between outer porches with connecting narthex; the NE porch forms the base of a sheer tower, bluntly octagon-capped, the NW porch single-storey but standing forward of a corner stair block with hipped swept-eaves roof. Centre has broad arched window of 2-3-2 lights framed by flat buttresses breaking through a coped gable to ashlar flat tops. Gable has prominent ashlar date-plaque breaking through apex under segmental cornice and with carved winged head. Band of chequer-work above main window. Narthex is flat-roofed with parapet and centre bay window, ashlar mullioned windows linked by flush banding to outer porches which are ashlar between shallow buttresses with unusual schematic classical detail, dentils on lintel cut flush to leading edge. Carved winged head over each doorway. Tower rises sheer with shallow clasping buttresses to top stage which has 3-light mullion windows over flush chequer banding, the windows with beginnings of splay each side, interrupted by buttresses carried through to caps just under octagonal chequered top.
The NW corner pavilion has clasping buttresses, 2 single-light windows under eaves and swept hipped roof.
Five-window side elevations raised on full-height basement. SW chapel house is plain and roughcast, door and one window. SE wing matches chapel side with ground floor lean-to, E stack.
Interior: Broad central space with 3-bay arcades, moulded round arches on ashlar piers with labels to cornices. Big transverse arch at S end. Boarded ceiling with trussed collar-beam roof supported by stone corbels. Good contemporary woodwork fittings including curving pews, panelled gallery fronts to N and S ends, elders seat with central pulpit and panelled front. Organ case c1925. Gardens are enclosed to NE and NW by fine Art Nouveau railings in wrought-iron. Dated AD 1910(?) to circular tops.
References: A Jones, Welsh Chapels 1984, 19 .
Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph
15/12/1909 and 1/03/1911.
Source: - Cadw Listed Buildings NJR 18/05/2007 - Built: 1808 Source:Religious Census
- Built: 1909 Source:PCNPA
- Built: 1909-1910 Source:BOW
- Date Of Chapel: 1909 Source:
- Art Nouveau Railings: c.1910 Source:Cadw
- Organ Case: c.1925 Source:Cadw
- £ 1000: 1905 (RCCEORBWM)
- 110: 1851 (Religious Census)
- 240: 1851 (Religious Census)
- 28: 1905 Accomodation (RCCEORBWM)
- 400: 1905 Sittings (RCCEORBWM)
- Chapel: 07/05/1993 (CADW)
- Chapel: 2010 (R Scourfield)
- Disused: 11/2011 (R Scourfield)
- Materials
- Monument Type: CHAPEL
- Form: Building
- Style: Arts and Crafts
- Plan: Gable Entry
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- Grid Reference: SM90690585
- Address: CHARLES STREET; BACK STREET, MILFORD HAVENMILFORD HAVEN
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Hello
My great great grandparents were married in Kinnerton Chapel in Old Radnor on 21st May1850. I have been searching for information on the Chapel, so was pleased to find this website. I have now located it on Google Street View – looks like someone is ‘doing it up’ to live in: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.2612635,-3.1095337,3a,90y,232.95h,84.26t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1s-8DWPORkq2RFVNXBLde_-g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i53?hl=en-GB
The marriage record of my ancestors Abraham Bounds and Elizabeth Williams is attached. I hope it is of interest.
All the best
Saira
Dear Sara
Thank you for the information. I am glad to hear that it was some help to you.
Good luck on your continued search
Christine