Chapelle anglicane Saint-Thomas d'Arcachon, Protestant church in Ville d'Hiver, Arcachon, France.
The Chapelle anglicane Saint-Thomas is a brick and cut-stone church with a tile roof, its interior showing a wooden floor and exposed timber roof frame. On the entrance oculus a stained-glass Huguenot cross is set; to the south, seven Pre-Raphaelite windows in the choir depict angels, Jesus and a wise virgin carrying a lamp. The choir's three windows show the apostle Thomas, Christ in glory and the apostle Peter.
The chapel was built in 1878 to serve British residents seeking relief from tuberculosis in Arcachon. German forces repurposed it as a storage facility during World War II before it became a Protestant temple in 1975.
The chapel was built in 1878 for the Anglican congregation founded by Reverend Samuel Radcliffe, an Irish clergyman who came to Arcachon in 1866 to recover from pneumonia and became chaplain to the English colony. Services were first held in the Reformed temple. The building later passed to the Reformed community, which held its first service there on 9 March 1975.
The chapel stands on Place du Professeur-Alexander-Fleming in the Ville d'Hiver, uphill from the seafront; the old temple on rue Claude-Bouscau was demolished in 1977 to open a square. The bell tower with its 1898 bell was re-erected in the garden. Worship is held here by the parish of the Bassin d'Arcachon and northern Landes.
The bell tower dates from 1898 and sits separately in the garden beside the main building. This unusual arrangement came about when the chapel was converted from Anglican to Protestant use.
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