2015.3.4
A QUIVERFUL OF FOTOS
ABANDONED CHURCH, Samsung S850
"The is an abandoned church in Kingswood Bristol. U.K A very spooky place and very scary at night, I wouldn't go there after dark alone. fittings removed at time of inspection.
THE FOLLOWING HISTORY IS FROM CHURCH CRAWLER;
This chapel was built to accommodate the enlarged congregation attending Whitfield's Tabernacle. It was closed for worship in 1983. The building has group value with the Grade I-listed Whitfield Tabernacle and forms a significant part of a historically significant Methodist enclave to lower level, sashes with glazing bars in exposed wooden frames. Plain square headed door opening to right with recessed door.
Bronze plaque reads:
"This building was erected by - George Whitfield BA and John Cennick
AD 1741 - it is - Whitfield's first tabernacle, the oldest existing memorial
to his great share in the 18th century revival." Right hand end elevation
has 2 plain doors, one at each end, and cambered head window above, 3 tall
semi-circular headed windows to the centre, sashes with glazing bars, in
exposed wood frames. Mid C19 2 storey vestry and committee room extension
to west.
Interior: Gallery on 3 sides on corner columns with palmette caps; panelled
galleries, one panel being the original preaching stone. The original
building has the central roof, the flanking ones being added 1802 with
the galleries."
THE FOLLOWING HISTORY IS FROM CHURCH CRAWLER;
This chapel was built to accommodate the enlarged congregation attending Whitfield's Tabernacle. It was closed for worship in 1983. The building has group value with the Grade I-listed Whitfield Tabernacle and forms a significant part of a historically significant Methodist enclave to lower level, sashes with glazing bars in exposed wooden frames. Plain square headed door opening to right with recessed door.
Bronze plaque reads:
"This building was erected by - George Whitfield BA and John Cennick
AD 1741 - it is - Whitfield's first tabernacle, the oldest existing memorial
to his great share in the 18th century revival." Right hand end elevation
has 2 plain doors, one at each end, and cambered head window above, 3 tall
semi-circular headed windows to the centre, sashes with glazing bars, in
exposed wood frames. Mid C19 2 storey vestry and committee room extension
to west.
Interior: Gallery on 3 sides on corner columns with palmette caps; panelled
galleries, one panel being the original preaching stone. The original
building has the central roof, the flanking ones being added 1802 with
the galleries."