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First Calvinistic Methodist Tabernacle chapel was built in 1785 and extensively rebuilt in 1819 and again in 1831

Tabernacle Chapel

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The first Calvinistic Methodist Tabernacle chapel was built in 1785 and extensively rebuilt in 1819 and again in 1831. The first two buildings were of the long-wall type, designed for preaching, where the seating area was wider than it was deep. The rebuild of 1831 was a gable-ended chapel - all three opened onto Mill Street. In the late 1870s a further rebuild was considered desirable. The Aberystwyth Observer noted that although the chapel of 1831 held 1200, '...a schoolroom, classroom and library and all other necessary places' were also deemed necessary, and since '...of late years the character of Mill Street has been damaged... and Powell Street rather improved, the new and present church was to face on to Powell Street with accommodation to the basement schoolroom being retained from Mill Street'. Designed by Richard Owen of Liverpool, the chapel was supposedly a completely new build, but a close look at the lower part of the present rear wall shows clear signs of windows and doors corresponding to those of the 1831 chapel. It seems clear that the old chapel was not demolished entirely; the old front wall at least was incorporated in the new build. The two windows between the doorways are a common feature in this type of chapel; often the pulpit was on the back of this wall between the windows.

Proceed up George Street and turn left into Powell Street to the front of Tabernacle

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