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Tin Tabernacle, Dalmally
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General Details and Location
Category
AT RISK
Name of Building
Tin Tabernacle
Other Name(s)
Address
Dalmally
Locality
Postcode
Planning Authority
Divisional Area
Reference No
4899
Listing Category
Unlisted
OS Grid Ref
NN 16612 27363
Location Type
Rural Settlement
HS Reference No
Description
Single storey tin tabernacle with pitched corrugated iron roofs coloured red. Extension to North West with unusual doorway, lower double roof pitched extension to South West with main entrance door. Corrugated iron walls painted white, now peeling badly. Possibly a former church hall or school.
Quickly erected, they were often supplied as kits through builders' merchants in a variety of sizes and designs. For construction, a simple foundation would be built and the corrugated iron sheets bolted to a wooden frame. The interior would be lined with tongue and groove boarding. Depending on the resources available to the congregation there would be a range of interior fittings and furniture. In due course the corrugated iron church might be replaced by a more permanent stone or brick building, with many of the former being retained as church halls. (Vernacular Building 29, p 680)
Quickly erected, they were often supplied as kits through builders' merchants in a variety of sizes and designs. For construction, a simple foundation would be built and the corrugated iron sheets bolted to a wooden frame. The interior would be lined with tongue and groove boarding. Depending on the resources available to the congregation there would be a range of interior fittings and furniture. In due course the corrugated iron church might be replaced by a more permanent stone or brick building, with many of the former being retained as church halls. (Vernacular Building 29, p 680)
Building Dates
Unknown
Architects
Unknown
Category of Risk and Development History
Condition
Fair
Category of Risk
Low
Exemptions to State of Risk
Field Visits
20/9/2012
Development History
April 2011: Seen in passing by a member of RCAHMS staff, nominated for register. Uncertain whether in use or not.
20 September 2012: External inspection finds an unusual tin tabernacle in generally sound condition but in need of much maintenance. It is disused.
29 September 2020: The property is being marketed for sale by McPhee and Partners. A guide price of £40,000 has been set.
18 January 2021: A member of the public advises that the property is under new ownership after being marketed for sale.
Availability
Current Availability
Appointed Agents
Price
Occupancy
Unknown
Occupancy Type
N/A
Present/Former Uses
Name of Owners
Type of Ownership
Unknown
Information Services
Additional Contacts/Information Source
Bibliography
Tin Tabernacles: Corrugated Iron Mission Halls, Churches and Chapels of Britain (2004) Ian Smith Review of above Vernacular Building 29 Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, 2005. p 69-72
Online Resources
Classification
Churches and Chapels
Original Entry Date
15-APR-11
Date of Last Edit
21/01/2021
