Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tabernacle Chapel (including Wroth Memorial Hall)
Llanvaches, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 1 March 1963
- Locality
- A48
- Community
- Llanvaches
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61659, -2.81520
- Cadw reference
- 2924
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the N side of the A48, approximately 1km E of The Rock and Fountain Inn. Set back from the road with the Memorial Hall incorporated at the W end.
History
Non-conformist chapel, built in 1803 on the site of the earlier chapel. The first Independent Church in Wales was founded in 1638 by William Wroth, Rector of Llanvaches (1611 to 1638) following his expulsion from the parish church. The Chapel building was erected some time after. The chapel was remodelled in 1924 when a contiguous Memorial Hall was added to the W end. Alleged to incorporate fragments of the original C17 chapel.
Exterior
Single storey, rendered elevations, gabled, slated roof. Central timber doorway on S elevation leading to chapel at E end. The chapel is lit on the S side by three large, steel-framed, small paned windows, unlit on the N side. Second entrance on E gable end, modern door. To the W end is the "Wroth Memorial Hall" with date of 1924 on circular cartouche set within pediment; the hall has similar glazing.
Interior
The S elevation allegedly incorporates parts of the earlier C17 chapel. The C19 grained pine fittings include; gallery, pews and lectern, otherwise undecorated.
Reason for designation
Listed grade II, despite modernisation, for the special historic interest of its associations with William Wroth and early Non-Conformism in Wales.
Nearby in the register
- Parish Church of St DubritiusReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Old Turnpike CottageTransportunder 1 mi
- Lime KilnIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Llanvaches CastleCastleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.