Guess the Place

[MartinR]

Significantly older, I note that the number 5 was cast between 1360 and 1380, so about 650 years old!  There is an article about the bells here: http://kent.lovesguide.com/articles/westgate1976-07-30.pdf
Right, on to the next one.  I had two in mind, but the outdoor one was unphographable in the murk and autumnal darkness of today.  The other was indoors, but some bright spark has hung Christmas decorations in front of it.  It's not even Advent yet, bah humbug!
So lets see how quickly you can locate this grade II listed building then.

[John Walker]

[MartinR]

That must be St, Saviour, Westgate-on-Sea which obtained 5 bells from Holy Cross Canterbury (via Whitechapel) in 1975.

[John Walker]

Not toes or fingers CAT 


Yes - 5 Bells.  That should narrow it down nicely.

[CAT]

Are they three fingers and two toes of an archbishop?


Seriously, bells from Canterbury?

[John Walker]

Isle of Thanet is correct 


The church contains five items from a Canterbury church.

[CAT]

That would suggest it is Isle of Thanet?

[John Walker]

About 5 minutes walk from the coast.

[Circe]

Is it right on the coast or slightly inland?

[John Walker]

Not Sandwich, Deal or Dover.  More northerly than those towns.

[CAT]

Are we looking as east as Deal or Walmer?

[Diapason]

St Clement,

Sandwich?

[John Walker]

Town Church.  Salty air doesn't appear to have affected the fabric,

[CAT]

Town or village church? Interesting that it looks like the portion nearest the camera (north aisle(?) is built of Ragstone blocks, but the tower (west end) is if brick. Church rebuilt/restored or built in the nineteenth-century?

[John Walker]

Thanks Diapason.  I haven't been there yet but I remember someone mentioning a well preserved beam engine there.  Must make sure I go there next year.


Next one.   Part of a larger church.  This view can be seen on Google Street View but there's a lamp post in front.  (Not Canterbury for a change - further east)