Tin Tabernacle
Now this one is pretty strange in my experience of "tin tabernacle" hunting.
Firstly its not showing on Wikipedia or any other listings that I can see.
I came across a reference to it by chance. Someone had applied for planning permission to turn it into a dwelling/holiday accomodation. There were plans submitted and these appear online. There was a newspaper article in (I think) 2021. Clearly nothing has happened regarding any building work. Out of all of the tabernacles I've visited, this was the most inaccessible - the place was surrounded by thick bramble and a (deliberately?) felled tree. But being well dressed for the task (not) in my mainly white Alpinestars motorcycle boots and DryStar trousers I battled my way through :-)
Its well off the beaten track and almost impossible to see even from the road only a few metres in front of the door. I think that you actually needed to be looking for it. The only reference I could see to where it was before I set off was a blurred postcode on the plans.
Bizarrely the planning application states that it is in "sound structural condition"!! "The work required to carry out the conversion is minimal" too, apparently. I'm no builder but these statements seem to be quite bewildering to me at least. Most of one side was off and lying on the ground and on the other side was a big gaping hole.
The structure still contains part of a pew and what I assume was the pulpit (photo in the comments box, below).
It was difficult to get a nice shot of the building itself - due to the fact that the building isn't that nice to look at or charming - unlike most of the other tabernacles that I've seen but on the plus side it was easy to get a good look at (and photo of) the interior. The light was really odd - too bright to take of one side due to the position of the sun - and the plot was too small to stand too far back.
I know of at least two tin tabernacles that have been converted into lovely "holiday lets". I can't understand why there would be a problem having one here. Its not very close to another building, it can't possibly look any worse than it does now, it is heritage that is likely to disappear if its not repaired and its not likely to cause any traffic issues. In all the time I was there I think only one vehicle came past. I did chat with a man walking his dog, though, who reckoned that it had been derelict for all the time he'd lived in the area.
Sadly, my least favourite of the tabernacles, so far.
Tin Tabernacle
Now this one is pretty strange in my experience of "tin tabernacle" hunting.
Firstly its not showing on Wikipedia or any other listings that I can see.
I came across a reference to it by chance. Someone had applied for planning permission to turn it into a dwelling/holiday accomodation. There were plans submitted and these appear online. There was a newspaper article in (I think) 2021. Clearly nothing has happened regarding any building work. Out of all of the tabernacles I've visited, this was the most inaccessible - the place was surrounded by thick bramble and a (deliberately?) felled tree. But being well dressed for the task (not) in my mainly white Alpinestars motorcycle boots and DryStar trousers I battled my way through :-)
Its well off the beaten track and almost impossible to see even from the road only a few metres in front of the door. I think that you actually needed to be looking for it. The only reference I could see to where it was before I set off was a blurred postcode on the plans.
Bizarrely the planning application states that it is in "sound structural condition"!! "The work required to carry out the conversion is minimal" too, apparently. I'm no builder but these statements seem to be quite bewildering to me at least. Most of one side was off and lying on the ground and on the other side was a big gaping hole.
The structure still contains part of a pew and what I assume was the pulpit (photo in the comments box, below).
It was difficult to get a nice shot of the building itself - due to the fact that the building isn't that nice to look at or charming - unlike most of the other tabernacles that I've seen but on the plus side it was easy to get a good look at (and photo of) the interior. The light was really odd - too bright to take of one side due to the position of the sun - and the plot was too small to stand too far back.
I know of at least two tin tabernacles that have been converted into lovely "holiday lets". I can't understand why there would be a problem having one here. Its not very close to another building, it can't possibly look any worse than it does now, it is heritage that is likely to disappear if its not repaired and its not likely to cause any traffic issues. In all the time I was there I think only one vehicle came past. I did chat with a man walking his dog, though, who reckoned that it had been derelict for all the time he'd lived in the area.
Sadly, my least favourite of the tabernacles, so far.