Description

The following building shall be added:

BROMLEY WIDMORE ROAD
TQ 46 NW
5/506 First Church of Christ
Scientist
II

Christian Science Church. 1928 by E Braxton Sinclair in an inventive Neo-
Classical style with brickwork and doors reminiscent of Art-Deco cinemas. The
projected Sunday school was not built to the original design and is a 1961
building not of special interest. Built on steel frame clad in brown brick with
red brick dressings. Chamfered square tall central hall with large central
entrance and lower service rooms around. Central hall has 2 parapets, the lower
with cornice with stone coping. Giant pilasters separate window bays. 3 metal
casements to each front incorporating stylized pilasters in the design. Large
brick portico has 4 rusticated brick columns in antis with cornice and stone
tablet with inscription 'FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST BROMLEY KENT'. 3
double lined oak doors with fluted wooden pilasters and iron grilles with wave
pattern. Rear elevation has tall projection flanked by octagonal windows. 1
storey brick offices on all faces. Rainwater heads with rose pattern dated
1928. Interior has oval foyer with semicircular roof lights and oak doors and
Hepton wood stone floors and auditorium with oak pews and platform with panelled
pilastered rear wall of 2 tapering fluted oak reading desks. Above this is a
pilastered feature with decorative metal grille. Original hanging lamps. Ceil-
ing divided into small compartments with a heavy cornice and same Art-Deco
inspired grille work. [See The Building 8 May 1927.]

Listing NGR: TQ4059569408

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545639

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)