Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bromley

Church of St. Michael and All Angels

John Warrington Morris, architect

1866

Bromley, Middlesex

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This new church, of which we give an Illustration, his been erected on a site presented by Mr. David McIntosh, in the newly-created and fast-increasing ecclesiastical district of South Bromley, near Bow, where the want of sufficient church accommodation has been felt for some years past. [Continued below]

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The church is of large proportions, and consists of a lofty nave, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, organ chapel, chancel and vestry, with children’s galleries over the transepts and the western entrance, giving a total accommodation of 1820. The building is constructed entirely of brick, with decorative devioes of varied colour in the same material. There is a tower with a slated spire, upwards of 130 ft. in height, which has a provision for clock and bells, and will form a conspicuous feature for many miles round. The roof of the nave and chancel is waggon-headed, for the better dispersion of sound. The aisle roofs are of open-timbered framing, with curved braces, the whole stained and varnished. The seats are all of fir, with bench-ends of pitch-pine. The avenues of nave and aisles are laid with Poole pottery tiles, the choir and chancel floor is of Minton's encaustic and plain tiles. The wall-lining of the chancel and reredos is composed of Minton’s glazed tiles and majolica, with emblematic devices. The windows are all glazed in varied geometrical patterns. The style of architecture is a free treatment of Early Pointed. Almost the whole of the funds have been raised through the liberality and indefatigable exertions of Messrs. Arthur and E. Hay Currie, of Bromley, with the exception of grants from the Bishop of London's Fund and the London Diocesan Church Building Society. The total cost will be about £7600, including incloeure-walling and gates. Mr. John Warrington Morris, of Poplar, is the architect: and Mr. G. J. Watts, of Poplar, the builder.

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“Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bromley.” Illustrated London News. 48 (13 January 1866): 52. Hathi Trust Digital Library version of a copy in the University of Michigan Library. Web. 26 December 2015. The text above was created from the page images in the web version with ABBYY FineReader.

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