Guess the Place

[MartinR]

Well pending Grandarog's confirmation the background looks identical.  Why has the RBL got them though?
The Lion represents the Lion of Judah.  King David was of the tribe of Judah, and so Jesus of Nazareth was "of the line of David", and hence of the tribe of Judah.  Revelation links the Lion of Judah to Jesus.  The serpent is of course the tempter from the Garden of Eden in Genesis.  Hence the serpent came to represent Satan.  The symbolism is therefore of the second coming of Jesus vanquishing the Devil at the end of time.  The other statue of the Lioness protecting her cubs is also full of Christian symbolism.  The lioness is the bride of the Lion, Jesus, and represents the Church.  The Church is therefore protecting her "cubs", us, from the serpent/Satan.  Now you see why I assumed an ecclesiastical setting!
After a bit of digging, if they are at Preston Hall, then they are at:

• Nat Grid:                  TQ 72787 58028
• Nearest Post Code:  ME20 7NH
• Co-ords (WGS84):    51°17'43"N,000°28'37"E or 51.295163,0.476884

[Stewie]

These ones?


Lion statues worth £200,000 stolen from Royal British Legion Village near Aylesford (kentonline.co.uk)

[Stewie]

Are the at the grade 2 listed Preston Hall In the royal British Legion village in Aylesford?

[MartinR]

Is that the Lion killing the serpent?  In which case are we looking for a Church/chapel - probably 19thC or heavily restored then?

[MartinR]

"Great Lines Chatham" is probably a good enough location, but just in case anyone is having difficulty locating it on a map:

• Nat Grid:                    TQ 76294 68000
• Nearest Post Code:   ME4 4NA
• Coords (WGS84):      51°23'01"N,000°31'55"E or 51.383667,0.532065

[John Walker]

Are they back home now?

[grandarog]

Thanks Stewie.
                          Staying with the Lion theme where will you find this one.

[Stewie]

yes it is grandarog, we visited here on a KHF outing around Brompton which is where I took the picture.

[Stewie]

yes it is grandarog, Chatham Naval war memorial There is a connection to the KHF because I took the picture during a walking tour of Brompton and we ended up here, (see attached picture, not mine though).

[grandarog]

Looks like one of the 4 Stylised Lions to be found at the base of all the Royal Navy War Memorials so presumably on the great lines Chatham.

[MartinR]

Aha! I thought, easy that one.  Rochester Bridge, but the lions there are in bronze and more finely detailed.  So, to start fishing: East or West Kent?

[Stewie]

Thank you MartinR. Again I have not got much to entertain you all with but having a 'dig' around, I did find this image taken some time ago as the date shows. So where was I when I took this photograph?

[Stewie]

Similar to johnfilmer I remember seeing it from the Bus as we passed. I was fascinated by the huge sandstone coloured plaques on the fromt walls .One was large Trumpet and i think the other one was Swords. There was a smaller one between them ,I cant remeber what was on that one.

Read about its history here    Jezreel's tower - Wikipedia

I believe that it also had a giant lift in it so that the faithful could ascend to heaven.

[shoot999]

Gave this one a bye as I could see it in the 50s from my nans house. Had an air of doom about the place which it history seems to confirm. More of a cult than a religion. Somewhat please to discover its last use was as a refuge for suffragettes escaping the census in 1911.

[CAT]

Photo from Medway Council. (Couchman collection DE402, Medway Council).
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