Our corrugated home

Richard Wyatt

Time for us all to meet the new owners of the ‘Tin Tabernacle’ – that Grade 11 listed mission church at Bailbrook on the eastern side of Bath.

It arrived, in the late 19th century, as a flat-pack pile of corrugated iron and wood to be erected as a meeting place for the market gardeners in the area busy supplying fruit to a Bristol jam factory.

Theo Raithby and his partner Fay have bought the building to save it from dereliction – to the delight of the local community. They intend to make it their family home.

I went to meet them.

Published by Richard Wyatt

Freelance Journalist, broadcaster, columnist and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum. Married and lives in Bath. Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.

1 Comment

  1. Very young couple…hope they know what they’re letting themselves in for!!😳😬

    Sent from Rachel’s iPhone

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