Entrance to St John the Baptist Church, Erith
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Entrance to St John the Baptist Church, Erith
Image: © Marathon Taken: 19 Apr 2016
The most surprising feature about St John the Baptist Church is its setting between the busy Lower Road and West Street on one side and the dual carriageway of Bronze Age Way on the other. Despite this the churchyard is very attractive and if the traffic can be ignored then it still has the feel of the country churchyard it once was. John Newman in The Buildings of England: West Kent and The Weald describes St John the Baptist Church as "Longish, lowish, and not very attractive inside or out. In a heavy and silly restoration of 1877, the south porch and north side were added ... all windows renewed, and the west tower largely rebuilt." There are, however, Norman traces, especially inside the chancel. This is the entrance through the lych gate from Jessett Close.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.487069
Longitude
0.169982