Weight: 237 lbs Diameter: 20.5" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1869
Dove Bell ID: 60737 Tower ID: 23877 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Strood: St Mary
Overview
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1952
East window: three lights depicting The Crucifixion flanked by St. Mary and St. John signed by W. Wilson and J. Blyth.
Stained Glass
c.1917
North aisle I: Tobias and the Angel.
Stained Glass
c.1889
North aisle II: A female saint.
Stained Glass
c.1918
North aisle III: Possibly Isaiah
Stained Glass
c.1910
North aisle IV: An Angel Guarding a Child on a Broken Bridge
Stained Glass
c.1869
West windows: Christ the Saviour of the World with The Nativity below and The Virgin Mary with The Presentation in the Temple below, flanked by St. John the Evangelist with Christ Teaching below and St. John the Baptist with John pointing out Christ below , The Virgin and Child in the tracery light.
Interior
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
c.1930
The altar is of oak with a panelled front with a stone mensa oddly set vertically into the middle one.
Reredos
c.1869
The reredos is of stone and takes the form of a wide gable, favoured at this period by Street, Pearson and others, under which is a trefoiled arch carved with a relief of The Supper at Emmaus. In small niches at each side are mosaic panels by Salviati of stylised flowers, perhaps lilies, in pots. The gable has praying angels at the corners, crockets and a small finial; at each end of the horizontal hipped superstructure are standing angels playing a lute and a harp. The arches are. carried on ringed shafts with foliate capitals and the middle arch has ball - flower decoration. By Blomfield.
Stained Glass
c.1869
The pulpit is modest, five sides of an oak hexagon of which the two sides facing the nave rise higher than the others and are each pierced with a pointed arch with simple but delicate cusping, on a low stone drum. By Blomfield.
Lectern
c.1869
The lectern is a brass eagle with three small lions at the foot.
Font (object)
c.1869
The font has a four - lobed bowl with straight sides incised round the top with the text "One Lord One Faith One Baptism, One God and Father of All", on four marble colonettes with foliate capitals; by Blomfield.
Organ (object)
1870
The organ is a two manual and pedal instrument by J.W. Walker and Son
Screen
c.1869
A low screen of trefoiled arches standing on the low wall at the chancel entrance, with stylised flowers within the arches, scrolling leaves and brass capping, by Blomfield.
Rail
c.1869
The communion rails have iron uprights with scrolly brackets and oak capping, by Blomfield.
Bells
Weight: 269 lbs Diameter: 22.5" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1869
Dove Bell ID: 60738 Tower ID: 23877 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 328 lbs Diameter: 23.63" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1869
Dove Bell ID: 60739 Tower ID: 23877 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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