The Church of the Wisdom of God, Lower Kingswood
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The Church of the Wisdom of God, Lower Kingswood
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 11 Sep 2010
This grade I listed church (for listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1029052 ) was dedicated on 17 July 1892. It was the inspiration of two local residents, Dr Edwin Freshfield (who was solicitor to the Bank of England) and Sir Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor (MP and brewer, and owner of nearby Kingswood Warren), who instructed the architect Sidney Barnsley to design it based on a Roman basilica. Although the external appearance of this church is relatively plain, with the only features being the rounded archway above the main door and some lines of herringbone brickwork, its splendour is inside - see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.269153
Longitude
-0.21161