Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury

Back in 2015 Gloucestershire Archives was pleased to support the Tewkesbury-based John Moore Museum's bid to Heritage Lottery Fund for a project to make the town's historic Old Baptist Chapel more accessible.  The 1:12 scale model of the Chapel shown below was commissioned as part of the same project. It was designed and built by Mark Cunningham and Nigel Cox, working to a brief supplied by Simon Lawton and Jemma Fowkes and can be configured to demonstrate the four main periods in the life of the building: a 1500s Merchant’s House; early 1700s Baptist Chapel; 1800s reduced Chapel and cottages; and the Chapel as restored by Freddie Charles in the 1970s.  As you can see, it is an attractive and accessible way to help people understand the history of this important local landmark.

You can discover more about the Chapel by going along to Gloucestershire Local History Association's 2017 summer event, which is being hosted by Tewkesbury Local History Society.  Click on the 'Gloucestershire Local History Association' link in the 'In this section' box at the far right of this page for more information.