In a broad overview, this book looks at the story of corrugated iron churches, chapels, mission halls and related buildings. It features archive and contemporary material illustrating this almost-forgotten part of our architectural and industrial heritage. In attempting to explain how these buildings were produced, who they were for, and why we should consider them important, the book shows how these buildings reflected the society in which they were created and flourished.

A photographic survey gathers together just some of the surprising number of these buildings which still survive.