1869 - Christ Church - Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, UK
N 51° 04.662 E 001° 10.410
31U E 372053 N 5660052
All that remains of this church, built in 1850, is the tower. The cornerstone advises that the church was enlarged in 1869. The remainder having been destroyed by a bomb in 1942.
Waymark Code: WMKK3C
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/24/2014
Views: 1
A small stone plaque inset into the tower tells us:
Christ Church
Consecrated
July 27th 1850
Destroyed by enemy action
May 17th 1942
The congration must have grown as a cornerstone tell of the church being enlarged in 1869. It reads:
This corner stone
was laid by
Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean Bart
as a memorial of the
enlargement of this church
Sept 29th 1869
JW Watson - Vicar
J Gardener - Archt
R Temple & A Brown - Church Wardens
The tower is Grade II listed with the entry at the English Heritage website telling us:
Built 1850-1 by Sydney Smith. Only the tower now remains, the rest of the church having been hit by a bomb during the Second World War. 4 stages. Built of stone rubble. Buttresses. Crockets and stone gargoyles to parapet.
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