Tin Tabernacles: Corrugated Iron Mission Halls, Churches & Chapels of Britain (Hardback)

In a broad overview, this book looks at the story of corrugated iron churches, chapels, mission halls and related buildings. It features archive and contemporary material illustrating this almost-forgotten part of our architectural and industrial heritage. In attempting to explain how these buildings were produced, who they were for, and why we should consider them to be important, the book shows how these buildings reflected the society in which they were created and flourished. A photographic survey gathers together just some of the surprising number of these buildings which still survive, alongside a number which have not. This second edition includes some updated information, editing and revisions alongside some additional new photographs. Some of the tin tabernacles illustrated have already disappeared but there are still many others out there waiting to be disc

• Publisher: Camrose Media Ltd
• ISBN: 9780954712600
• Pages: 208
• Weight: 1.16