Basic Site Details Name: | Baptist Tabernacle | Town, district or village: | Blackpool | City or county: | Lancashire | Country: | England | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | In the latter half of the nineteenth century the Baptists had built a church and Sunday school in Abingdon Street, Blackpool. This site and buildings were purchased by the Post Office in 1903, the Baptists obtaining a new site in Springfield Road. Here they built a replacement church, opened on the 1st of March 1906.
Not until 1907 was the former Baptist Tabernacle on Abingdon Street demolished. Since its closure, its Sunday school had been used as a temporary branch Post Office. Blackpool Head Post office opened in 1910.
(The delay in demolition would suggest that as a part of the purchase agreement, the Post Office had agreed to build a new Baptist Tabernacle before the original church was closed. Further, W T Oldrieve, given his position in the Ministry of Works at the time, probably took no active part in the design, employing Charles Albert Hindle to carry out the commission. Hindle is known to have been employed for a time in the Manchester office of the Ministry of Works before commencing private practice, probably when Oldrieve was in charge.)
| Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 2, Springfield Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1903 | 1906 | Build/construction | | | January 1903 | | Contracts advertised | | | 1 March 1906 | | Opened | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Charles Albert Hindle | | | 1903 | 1906 | In association with W T Oldrieve | | William Thomas Oldrieve (sometimes William Thomas Oldgrieve) | | | 1903 | 1906 | In association with C A Hindle |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Hartwell, C and Pevsner, N | 2009 | Buildings of England: Lancashire North | | | p138-139 | | Pevsner, N (ed) | 1969 | North Lancashire (The Buildings of England) | | | p70 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | British Architect | 23 January 1903 | | | Page viii - contracts open |
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