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 St Nicholas Church - High Street, Strood, Kent, UK
N 51° 23.761 E 000° 29.588
31U E 325607 N 5696847
The church was built during the Victorian era and has a fairly traditional layout with a large main building and a single tall square tower. Its main use, today, seems to be devoted to community projects.
Waymark Code: WMGTZN
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/10/2013
Views: 3
The British
Listed Buildings website tells us about this Grade
II listed building:
"Former parish church, now partly a
day centre and partly a chapel. W tower C14 much renewed, body of church 1812 by
Robert Smirke. Late-C19 and late-C20 additions to N, the latter for offices to
day centre. Coursed rubble ragstone, Welsh slate roof, tower with flint and
ragstone banding. The interior has been divided, but the 3 E bays of the nave
still used as a chapel. W tower, undivided nave, shallow sanctuary, S porch.
Tower: no buttresses; the round-headed W doorway and blocked window above do not
look Norman. The flint and ragstone banding decoration is normally taken to be
C14. 3 stages and battlements; quoining. Triple lancet belfry openings. Smirke's
nave, 5 bays, round-headed 2-light windows with transoms; renewed stone parapet;
shallow pedimented sanctuary with 4 round-headed lancets and a roundel contained
within a superordinate arch; very wide angle pilaster strips. S porch, also
pedimented, partly glazed doors and fanlight with glazing bars. 2 late C20
glazed doors punched into nave (S wall, to W) to serve day centre. Interior:
Perpendicular tower arch. Sanctuary ceiling and arch with Edwardian paintings of
angels on decorative background, oil on plaster. Earlier, Victorian, stained
glass to E and side windows."
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1812
Age of Church building determined by?: Other reliable source
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Anglican
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 8:00 AM
Street address of Church:
High Street
Strood, Kent United Kingdom
Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed
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