The first reference to Methodists in Tibberton was recorded in March 1821, when William Phelps sought permission from the Bishop of Gloucester for the dwelling house of William Parsons to be used as a place of religious worship by "protestant dissenters". By 1836 open-air Methodist services were being held near the site of the old school, the worshippers sitting on logs stacked by the side of the road.
The Chapel was built in 1839 at a cost of £213 16s 11d. on land purchased from Mr. Benjamin Palmer for £10. The Chapel as first built was very plain, comprising four walls, four windows and a door, and there were three rows of box pews on either side of a central aisle. The original schoolroom was probably added ten to fifteen years later. Later improvements to the basic structure included the addition of a front porch, replacement of the box pews with the present laterally-placed conventional pews and provision of a communion rail. It is believed that the three stained glass windows with the "BP" motif in memory of Mr. Benjamin Palmer were installed after his death (9thJuly 1891) and it is probable the apse was specially built to receive them. The south wall was externally tiled in 1895, no doubt for protection against the unrestricted south-westerly gales. The pulpit had originally been placed centrally but was later moved to the "schoolroom" corner. Presumably hymns were sung to harmonium music but in 1908 a second-hand Liddiatt pipe organ was installed in the north-west corner of the Church. After the effects of wear and tear for eighty years, the instrument was rebuilt in 1986 and re-sited at the rear of the Church allowing the pulpit to be moved to the organ’s original position and permitting the frontal area of the Church to be opened up and used for a range of activities.
During a visit of Gorsley Male Voice of Praise Choir the floor of the schoolroom swayed alarmingly and a decision was taken to demolish and rebuild the room (albeit half its original size).
In May 1984, the new room, named the "Teague Room" in honour of the Teague family, was opened, built from the original bricks and tiles and including the hand-made hook for tethering the preacher’s horse. In 1988 the three main oak-framed windows were in need of repair and were replaced with mahogany-framed double-glazed windows in a suitably matching style.
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