Worthing Tabernacle

Worthing Tabernacle
The church from the west
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50°48′53″N 0°22′16″W / 50.8148°N 0.3712°W / 50.8148; -0.3712
Location64 Chapel Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1BN
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationEvangelical
Websitewww.worthingtab.org.uk
History
StatusChapel
Founded1895 (in Montague Street)
Founder(s)C. Douglas Crouch
Events1895: Founded in former Independent chapel in Montague Street
1908: Moved to Chapel Road
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II-listed
Designated2 December 1988
Architect(s)James Lund
StyleGothic/Romanesque Revival
Completed1908

Worthing Tabernacle is an independent Evangelical Christian church in the town and borough of Worthing, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The present building, with its distinctive pale stone exterior and large rose window, dates from 1908, but the church was founded in 1895 in a chapel built much earlier in the 19th century during a period when the new seaside resort's population was growing rapidly. In its present form, the church is affiliated with the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.