Saturday 10 November 2012

The 'temporary' tin tabernacle

This little church in Draycott-in-the-Clay - Saint Augustine's - is quite an historical curiosity. It goes back over a century to a time when small 'mission' churches were being quickly erected, mostly out of temporary materials, like corrugated iron. Thus, this type of church was eventually affectionately called a 'tin tabernacle'.

But this one, far from being temporary, is still holding services today!
It only holds forty people, and must be cold in winter (surely?) but parishioners would not dream of replacing it now.

1 comment:

  1. There were once many corrugated iron churches in Australia. I have never heard them called Tin Tabernacles before, classic!

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