Whitefriars, Faversham
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Whitefriars, Faversham
Image: © Penny Mayes Taken: 9 Apr 2007
View from the garden. The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with a small Hall below, (left) and the Carmelite Priory (right). The building that is now the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has had a chequered history. It was built by William Hall in 1861, as a Quaker school. William Hall was associated with the gunpowder industry in the town. In 1910 the building was acquired by East Kent Cinemas, and after some alterations opened its doors as the Empire Picture Hall. It ran as a cinema until 1937 when a new picture house was built in the centre of the town. The building which is now the Priory was built for a tanner called John Gilbert, who died in 1746, it was later used to house the teachers at the Quaker school. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/397761
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Image Location
Latitude
51.315274
Longitude
0.883734