Tabernacle Congregational Chapel, Haverfordwest
Tabernacle Congregational Chapel, Haverfordwest
Tabernacle is a Grade II* Congregational chapel on City Road, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, facing St Martin's Church.
- Location
- Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- County
- Pembrokeshire
- City / town
- Haverfordwest
- Address
- Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 2ST
- Postcode
- SA61 2ST
- Built
- 1774; wholly remodelled 1874
- Architect
- Lawrence and Goodman of Newport (1874)
- Denomination
- Congregational Church
- Parish
- Haverfordwest
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Classical; basilican plan
- Grid reference
- SM 950 157
- 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 an Independent chapel of 1774 wholly remodelled in 1874 by Lawrence and Goodman of Newport, Monmouthshire. The congregation began as a Methodist group under the Rev. Howell Davis from 1743, grew after George Whitefield's visit in 1768, and split from the Methodist Association in 1790. The 1874 rebuild was designed to seat 750 at a cost of £1,500. A Sweetland of Bath organ was inserted in 1879; interior repairs followed in 1903 by A H Thomas of Haverfordwest, and a Great War memorial window in 1920.
Cadw grades the chapel II* as one of the outstanding chapels of the region, with a particularly fine interior. The basilican plan with apse and barrel vault is exceptional among Welsh chapels. Fine ironwork is probably by W A Baker of Newport. Coflein describes the 1874 building as Classical, with a short-wall entry plan.