MSO10426 - St Nicholas Church, Porlock Weir, Porlock (Building)

'St Nicholas's Church' shown on Ordnance Survey map of c1904.[1] It also shows on the late 19th Century 1st ed. Ordnance Survey map. Church extant. [2] Constructed of corrugated tin. Roof painted black and body white. [3] In a raised position approached by slate-surfaced steps is St. Nicholas’s Church, a typical “tin tabernacle” of c. 1880. The current Chapel of Ease is a good example of a “tin tabernacle” probably dating from the late 19th century, and little altered. There is increasing interest in buildings of this type, as evidenced by a dedicated website (www.tintabernacles.com). This example has a small gabled porch, tiny belfry and smallscale pointed arch windows. [4]