Sailors' Chapel, Angle
| Sailors' Chapel, Angle | |
|---|---|
  Sailors' Chapel, Angle Location in Pembrokeshire | |
| Coordinates: 51°41′02″N 5°05′13″W / 51.6840°N 5.0869°W | |
| Country | Wales |
| Denomination | Church in Wales |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Anthony |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 14 May 1970 |
| Architectural type | Church |
Sailors' Chapel, Seamen's Chapel or Fishermen's Chapel is a Grade I listed building in the churchyard of St Mary's parish church, Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The chapel is dedicated to St Anthony.
The chapel is a small, single-cell vaulted building above a raised and vaulted crypt. It was founded in the 15th century (1447) by Edward de Shirburn a "knight of Nangle". It was restored in 1853, and again by Elizabeth Mirehouse in 1862, and rededicated in 1929. Originally a receiving place, or charnel-house, for the corpses of drowned sailors, it became a chapel of rest in the 20th century.[1][2]
Constructed of coarse masonry under a modern tiled roof with a Celtic cross finial, the chapel has Victorian stained glass windows, one of which depicts the miracle of Christ walking upon the sea. There is a stone altar.[1]
References
- 1 2 "British Listed Buildings: Sailors' Chapel, Angle". Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ↑ The Benefice, Rev. Jones, accessed 30 August 2008