Worthing Tabernacle | |
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50°48′53″N 0°22′16″W / 50.8148°N 0.3712°W | |
Location | 64 Chapel Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1BN |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Evangelical |
Website | www.worthingtab.org.uk |
History | |
Status | Chapel |
Founded | 1895 (in Montague Street) |
Founder(s) | C. Douglas Crouch |
Events | 1895: Founded in former Independent chapel in Montague Street 1908: Moved to Chapel Road |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II-listed |
Designated | 2 December 1988 |
Architect(s) | James Lund |
Style | Gothic/Romanesque Revival |
Completed | 1908 |
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.