Guess the Place

[MartinR]

I assume the circles are seating, possibly stepped.  See https://www.facebook.com/j1o9n44/photos/1130429567028544 for an example of a stepped gallery, this time in a redundant Methodist Church.

[grandarog]

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

[John Walker]

The tower looks fascinating.  What are all the circles on the plan?

[MartinR]

Yes, I hoped that the ground plan would be more confusing and keep people off the scent for a while.  Ah well, over to you Stewie.
The plan is:  Cunningham, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons

[Stewie]

is it the Jezreel tower? In Watling Street Gillingham near where the Jubilee clip factory was? If so it was supposed to be a tower up to heaven for the Jezrelite movement.

[johnfilmer]

Sadly you are not alone Grandarog, I also recognised it immediately. I was fascinated as a child to get a glimpse from the bus when dragged along to go shopping by my mother.

[grandarog]

Another one to pass on for while, give newcomers a chance. I must have accrued a lot of trivial and odd data during my travels around Kent.

[MartinR]

Odd.  It must have been around the mid 1980s that I was told it was a church.  According to https://c20society.org.uk/c20-churches/christian-science-church it was sold in 1959, so don't rely on what old men in a pub tell you!  A couple of links to Burns: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/burns-guthrie-&-partners?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F and http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=207207
Location:

• Nat Grid:                  TQ 58184 40902
• Nearest Post Code: TN4 9UZ
• Co-ords (WGS84):   51°08'44"N, 000°15'36"E or 51.14553,0.26007

OK, here's an interesting one for you.  What and where is this ground plan for?
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[John Walker]

JW, it was the Freight Transport Association, the industry body which represents hauliers.

Thanks Stuartwaters - head not working properly this morning - I have corrected - thanks.

[stuartwaters]

JW, it was the Freight Transport Association, the industry body which represents hauliers.

[John Walker]

It's similar to the Church of Christ, Scientist (aka Christian Science) in St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells.  I've no idea about any re-branding though and there's nothing about rebranding on the Wiki page, so is it is elsewhere by the same architect?

You have it MartinR    Hermes House.  I knew it as the HQ of the FTA (Freight Transport Association) and now re-branded as Logistics UK.  About to be demolished and converted to 43 flats.

Something else i have learned - The original Hermes House was a Christian Science Church that opened in 1931. It was designed by local architect Cecil Burns and is of a style contemporary to the time of design.

[John Walker]

Is this now linked to the Police?

Not directly linked to the police as far as I can tell.

[MartinR]

It's similar to the Church of Christ, Scientist (aka Christian Science) in St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells.  I've no idea about any re-branding though and there's nothing about rebranding on the Wiki page, so is it is elsewhere by the same architect?

[Beachbum]

Is this now linked to the Police?

[John Walker]

I had dealings here when I was manager of an oil terminal