Sailors' Chapel, Angle Explained

Sailors' Chapel, Angle
Pushpin Map:Wales Pembrokeshire
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Map Caption:Location in Pembrokeshire
Country:Wales
Coordinates:51.684°N -5.0869°W
Dedication:St Anthony
Heritage Designation:Grade I
Designated Date:14 May 1970

Sailors' Chapel, Seamen's Chapel or Fishermen's Chapel is a Grade I listed building in Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The chapel, which is dedicated to St Anthony, is located in the churchyard of St Mary's parish church.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: British Listed Buildings: Sailors' Chapel, Angle. 6 April 2016.
  2. http://www.revjones.fsnet.co.uk/angle/angle.html The Benefice