90 Second Statement on Tabernacle Chapel

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Diolch. Pleidleisiwyd Capel y Tabernacl, Treforys, Abertawe yn hoff eglwys neu gapel Cymru. Lansiwyd cystadleuaeth Cymru Sanctaidd gan Huw Edwards, darlledwr a newyddiadurwr ac is-lywydd Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol yr Eglwysi ym mis Gorffennaf eleni, gan alw ar y cyhoedd i bleidleisio am eu hoff eglwys neu gapel yng Nghymru. Heddiw datgelwyd mai Capel y Tabernacl yw’r enillydd gyda 7,081 o bobl yn pleidleisio ar wefan Cymru Sanctaidd. Curodd Capel y Tabernacl 49 o eglwysi a chapeli eraill. Dyluniwyd Capel y Tabernacl, adeilad rhestredig gradd I, gan y pensaer o Gymro, John Humphreys, ac agorodd ym 1870. Dywedwyd mai hwn oedd y capel mwyaf uchelgeisiol yng Nghymru, gan gostio £18,000—swm enfawr bryd hynny. Fe’i hadwaenir fel cadeirlan anghydffurfiaeth Gymreig. Bydd Capel y Tabernacl, Treforys yn derbyn tlws gwydr Cymru Sanctaidd, wedi’i ddylunio gan Sandra Snaddon, a gwobr o £500.

Thank you. Tabernacle Chapel has been voted Wales’s favourite church or chapel. The Cymru Sanctaidd—Sacred Wales competition was launched by broadcaster and journalist and vice-president of the National Churches Trust, Huw Edwards, in July of this year. He called on the public to vote for their favourite church or chapel in Wales. Tabernacle Chapel has today been revealed as the winner, with 7,081 people voting for it on the Cymru Sanctaidd—Sacred Wales website. Tabernacle Chapel beat off competition from 49 other churches and chapels. A grade I listed building, Tabernacle Chapel was designed by Welsh architect John Humphreys, and it opened its doors in 1870. It was said to be the most ambitious chapel in Wales, and cost what was then a huge sum of £18,000. It is known as the cathedral of Welsh nonconformity. Tabernacle Chapel will receive a special Cymru Sanctaidd—Sacred Wales glass trophy, designed by Sandra Snaddon, and a prize of £500.