This was the second of the Churches I spotted on the Ordnance Survey Map that I missed before and is only a mile or so away from the Church in Oare I showed last week. I thought the church looked new when I saw it but noticed the date plaque high under the bell dated 1835. Since then it has been reordered and gained an extension on the West end.
From the road you see a white painted church
You enter the churchyard through the above Lychgate and the first thing you see is the extension on the West end
Above it you can see the bell and below the date plaque which reads "Adelade Chapel Founded Anno Domini 1835" the original name
Above the reordered church with extension painted white.
Inside you look down the nave to the chancel
Above the brick chancel arch
The altar and triple East window
The triple window behind the altar and cross behind the altar on the screen
Closer view of the triple window
The centre window of the three
The left and right had of the tree windows of the East end
Looking back to the nave to the extension on the West end
The west end stained glass window
On the north side of the church you can see these two windows
With this inscription on the base of the window
The same on the other window
the commemorate those who gave their lives in World War II
Memorial Rev Philip Alexander Longmore
Memorial to Private Eli James Merritt
Memorials to the Herbert family
Above the pulpit with the view of the nave you get from it
Three of the windows you see on the North wall
Memorial to William Frederick Daniel
Memorial to Charles William Merrett
Inside the extension which is the church rooms
one corner stands the eagle lectern
with an inscription on the base
Some one spend a while carving this
You can see photos of the original chapel and the person who it was named after
On the West wall either side of the window is a photo of the queen and the lady the chapel was named after
Coming out gives this view down the nave
The British legion flag and below the church font
The carved font cover with the church in the Background
Outside the churchyard is quite large
The centre dominated by this cross
This is the village war memorial listing the fallen from the two world wars
Walking around the churchyard you can see the older headstones
Along with the odd cast iron maker and tomb
The churchyard is well kept
Looking over towards the east entrance
The grave of Sergeant A.E.Sheperd
These headstones are near the East end of the churchyard
Turn around and you see across the churchyard to the West Entrance
This plaque lists the men who served during the first world war and returned home safely
You look from here towards the war memorial
You leave the churchyard through the East entrance which I passed many times and never realised what was beyond .
Till Next Time
May you have a Peaceful Weekend
Particularly beautiful inside. The entrance gate is eye catching.
ReplyDeleteLych gates are always an eye catcher
DeleteIt's a pretty church, the brickwork around the bell looks alot older though, I wonder if it was a spare piece from somewhere else that was placed there after it was built?
ReplyDeleteCould be though I doubt it is
DeleteGoodness, I scarcely know what to say.
ReplyDeleteThe 'West' memorial eagle is very handsome, though someone may, perhaps, think about giving him a bit of a dust and some nourishment to the wood ready for his centenary.
You spotted that better that I did though I did think it was ashame to be left in that room and not on show in the church
DeleteMine is also called Holy Trinity this week, but it is way down under.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why the word "Hermitage" is in the title? I googled the definition as it refers to a religion.
Hermitages were created by religious men (hermits - from erēmos, Greek for wilderness) in the days of early Christianity as a way of escaping the material world, which they believed to be full of temptation. They lived on their own and in very strict self-discipline (asceticism) on the edges of the civilized world.
The village is called Hermitage where the church is though it is quite large now but one time it could well have been just that very small
DeleteInteresting post
ReplyDelete...a white church, so unlike most that you find.
ReplyDeleteYes a rare find for me
DeleteHello Bill!
ReplyDeleteI love every picture. You showed beautiful architecture, magnificent stained glass windows, interior furnishings.
Have a nice, sunny and warm week, Bill.
Lovely chapel. We rarely see a lychgate here in Virginia so it is interesting when you post one.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful church Bill, the extension has been done well.. wonderfully shown details here ✨
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