Tabernacle Chapel, Ruthin
Tabernacle Chapel, Ruthin
Tabernacl on Well Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire, is a Cadw Grade II Calvinistic Methodist (Welsh Presbyterian) chapel of 1889–91 by Thomas G. Williams and the Revd Emrys ap Iwan, set back behind forecourt walls and railings east of the junction with Wynnstay Road.
- Location
- Ruthin, Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Denbighshire
- City / town
- Ruthin
- Address
- Well Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1AF
- Postcode
- LL15 1AF
- Built
- 1889–91
- Architect
- Thomas G. Williams and the Revd Emrys ap Iwan
- Denomination
- Methodist Church
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Gothic Revival (Tudor-arched west window; hammer-beam roof)
- Materials
- Dressed and snecked stone; iron forecourt railings
- Grid reference
- SJ 1258 5823
- Opening hours
- Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Cadw records a chapel of 1889–91 costing £1,841. A tablet is dated 29 August 1889. The gabled front has angle buttresses, one rising to a narrow pinnacle spire, a large three-light Tudor-arched west window with cinquefoils, and low flanking lobbies. The pews are arranged in a semicircle before the organ; the interior has a broad hammer-beam roof. Emrys ap Iwan, minister at the time, was an advocate of the Welsh language and self-government. The Gazette record’s Methodist denomination matches the historic Calvinistic Methodist cause, now the Presbyterian Church of Wales. National Churches Trust notes it as one of two surviving “round churches” in Wales (the seating plan).
Cadw listed the chapel Grade II on 30 September 1997 (reference 18954). No dedicated chapel website has been confirmed.