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Key Image Capel Moreia/Moreia Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
Glanhwfa Road
LL77 7EN Llangefni
United Kingdom
Denomination: Methodist
Congregation: (The Presbyterian Church of Wales/Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru, Henaduriaeth Môn)
Geogr. Coordinates: 53.25457° N, 4.31105° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1898
Architectural style: Neo-classical
Building type: Chapel
Description: Neo-classical methodist chapel
Name derivation: From the biblical Mount Moriah (Hebr. “Moriyya”), the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Building material
  • Façade of squared rubble and ashlar
Organ
  • Built in 1928 by Ernest Wadsworth, Manchester
History:
1898:   Construction of the chapel completed (architect Owen Morris Roberts, Porthmadog, builders R & J Williams, Bangor) at a cost of £ 5,500
About 1985:   Restoration works to stop the dry rot in the façade
2019:   Plans to convert the vestry into a culture centre (Canolfan Glanhwfa)
Sources
Canolfan Glanhwfa: Canolfan Glanhwfa, https://www.facebook.com/canolfanglanhwfa/, retrieved 07/04/2019
Coflein: Moreia Chapel (Capel Coffa John Elias), Glanhwfa Road, Llangefni, https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/8783/details/moreia-chapel-capel-coffa-john-elias-glanhwfa-road-llangefni, retrieved 07/04/2019
Owen, D Huw: Capeli Cymru, Y Lolfa, Talybont 2005, pp. 41–42
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