Sujet

New Church of St. Edward, at Romford - Consecrated on Thursday, September 19th, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

New Church of St. Edward, at Romford, [Essex] - Consecrated on Thursday, September 19th, 1850. 'The foundation-stone of this beautiful Church was laid on the 26th of July, 1849, by Mr. Bramston, M.P...The tower is placed on the south side, facing the road and entrances: it is 21 feet square at bottom; it contains a peal of eight bells, and is surmounted by a spire. The tower and spire are together 150 feet in height. The walls of the Church are built of rubble, faced with Kentish rag-stone, and with Bath stone for the tracing and dressings of the windows, doors, &c'. The architect was '...Mr. John Johnson, of John-street, Adelphi; and the contractor, Mr. Kelk, of South-street, Grosvenor-square'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_120

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

58,8Mo (3,9Mo) / 42,0cm x 35,1cm / 4960 x 4145 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building London England religious architecture stone limestone religion British church Christianity spire Gothic Victorian century Essex Britain newspapers press B&W engraved engraving Architectural Feature 19th century black & white black and white B W Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival nineteenth century Victorian Gothic The Print Collector Illustrated London News St Edward's Church TGN ILN outside Havering Romford newspaper landscape Unknown Johnson John John Johnson 19th-century Kentish ragstone John Kelk Kelk Sir John Kelk