Work starts again on Whitfield Tabernacle
After three years of delays, works are about to start again to restore Whitfield Tabernacle. The Grade I Listed building in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, was built in 1741 by preachers to serve as a local meeting house. Later on, its purpose was adapted to meet the needs of its community, turning the Tabernacle into a sanctuary, a schoolroom, a polling station, and now, thanks to the restoration efforts, a creative hub.
The Tabernacle deteriorated significantly over the past thirty years, leaving the building a ruin. The Whitfield Tabernacle Trust, formed in 2017 precisely to save the building, appointed a team led by Ferguson Mann Architects to repair and refurbish the Tabernacle. With Phase II now underway, the Trust hopes to reopen the building by the end of 2026.
Read more about the project here: The Tabernacle Kingswood
