Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston
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The Tabernacle Chapel also known as Libanus Chapel, is a Grade I listed chapel
on Woodfield Street in Morriston
, Wales
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Designed by the architect John Humphrey and built at a cost of £15,000 in 1872, the chapel has seating for 3,000 and has been called the "Nonconformist Cathedral of Wales".
The design was copied many times elsewhere in Wales. The pulpit is the focus and below this is the Sedd Fawr (big seat) for the deacons. The Welsh language inscription above the organ reads Addolwch yr Arglwydd mewn Prydferthwch Sancteiddrwydd (Worship ye the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness).
It is used for practice and performance by two local choirs: the Tabernacle Morriston Choir and the Morriston Ladies Choir.
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
on Woodfield Street in Morriston
Morriston
Morriston is a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales and falls within the Morriston ward. Morriston is sometimes referred to as a distinct town , however Morriston never had a town charter, and is now part of the continuous urban area around Swansea, the centre of which lies three...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
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Designed by the architect John Humphrey and built at a cost of £15,000 in 1872, the chapel has seating for 3,000 and has been called the "Nonconformist Cathedral of Wales".
The design was copied many times elsewhere in Wales. The pulpit is the focus and below this is the Sedd Fawr (big seat) for the deacons. The Welsh language inscription above the organ reads Addolwch yr Arglwydd mewn Prydferthwch Sancteiddrwydd (Worship ye the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness).
It is used for practice and performance by two local choirs: the Tabernacle Morriston Choir and the Morriston Ladies Choir.