This tin tabernacle was a subsidiary of the local Holy Trinity Church and ran services once a month until around 2011. It looks like the chapel was also used by the Woman’s Institute based on the hanging “WI” sign.
Tin tabernacles are prefabricated churches and chapels originally developed in the mid-19th Century and were made from corrugated iron galvanised with a layer of zinc. Originally, these could be erected at an average cost of £2-£4 per sitting (£2000 for a church big enough to seat 500 people, for example), however the prices dropped to around £1 per sitting in the early 1900s.
Thanks for looking,
Rubex
Tin tabernacles are prefabricated churches and chapels originally developed in the mid-19th Century and were made from corrugated iron galvanised with a layer of zinc. Originally, these could be erected at an average cost of £2-£4 per sitting (£2000 for a church big enough to seat 500 people, for example), however the prices dropped to around £1 per sitting in the early 1900s.
Thanks for looking,
Rubex