Stained Glass - St Catherine - Kingsdown, Kent - Stained Glass Windows on Waymarking.com

"This is a late church not built until 1865 at a cost of £7,000 including the parsonage house and gardens. The church was isolated from its parishioners by the building of the M2 motorway and suffered damage in the great storm of 1987. In 1989 the repairs were made by the Redundant Churches Fund now called the Churches Conservation Trust. The church now stands on its own in the countryside."

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The stained glass has many subjects, one being a memorial to the first and only Lord Kingsdown who was the church funder and he only just managed to live to see the church completed. Other windows show Christ, Moses, and the Twelve Apostles.

"There are six nave windows each showing two of the Apostles, the majority of the glass in these windows is called grisaille glass which has a grey patterned background and prevents the congregation from looking outside when they should have been praying. It really does work as apart from telling if the sky was blue, black or white nothing else could be seen."

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The red glass in the north and south chapel windows gives a wonderful red hue to the altar on a bright day.

Type of building where window is located: Church Address: St Catherine's church Kingsdown, Kent England ME9 0AS Days of Operation: Daily Hours of Operation: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM Admission Charge: Not Listed

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