Sailors' Chapel, Angle

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.

Sailors' Chapel, Angle
Sailors' Chapel, Angle
Location in Pembrokeshire
CountryWales
DenominationChurch in Wales
History
DedicationSt Anthony
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated14 May 1970
Architectural typeChurch

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][3]

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.[2]

References
  1. Cadw. "Sailors' Chapel, Angle  (Grade I) (17147)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. "British Listed Buildings: Sailors' Chapel, Angle". Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. The Benefice, Rev. Jones, accessed 30 August 2008


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