Forecourt wall, gates and gateposts to Tabernacle Congregational Church

The forecourt wall, gates, and gateposts to the Tabernacle Congregational Church are notable features constructed from low rock-faced sandstone squared rubble. The walls are topped with chamfered rock-faced limestone coping that supports low railings, which originally had Gothic leaf finials on every second upright, though most of these are now broken off. The structure includes square standards with larger finials and outer tooled stone square piers, with the western pier partially obscured by the long rubble boundary wall that extends down the western side of the church grounds to Common Road.

At the center, there are Gothic panelled cast-iron gatepiers featuring cusped heads on the panels, along with moulded bases and caps topped with ornate Gothic cross finials. The two cast-iron gates are adorned with a row of three-leaf finials along the top rail, a double mid-rail, and a double bottom rail, each embellished with quatrefoils in the square panels and dog bars in between. Above the mid-rail and top rail, there are two pointed cusped arches, each divided into two 'lights' and topped with three-leaf finials.