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A remarkable church by Giles Gilbert Scott, designed in 1929 but not completed until 1963. The architectural forms and materials used are traditional but used in an original way, with a low nave and a dramatically tall chancel with an even taller square tower. The general standard of finish is extremely high. I used to walk past this Church on the way to school but could see nothing because of a high hedge and they were still building it! The first Catholic church in Broadstairs was a corrugated iron church built in 1888 by Dominicans and enlarged in about 1909. The designs for the present church were prepared by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1929. The sanctuary, sacristies and part of the nave were completed in 1931; the church was finished to the original design in 1963, after Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s death in 1959. His designs for a presbytery were not carried out. It is a very long Church will post a full length soon. This is the history of the original Church (no photo due to traffic) The Shrine of Our Ladye Star of the Sea was an old chapel on the cliffs at Broadstairs (which was formerly known as Bradstowe). Dating back at least to the 1350s, the two towers of the chapel were a major landmark for sailors in the area. Given the veneration in which the shrine was held, the custom developed of ships dipping their top-sails to salute the shrine as they sailed past it. MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED

Coldred comes from the Old English ‘col’ meaning ‘coal, especially charcoal’ with ‘ryde’ as a ‘clearing’; therefore, a ‘clearing where coal is found or made’. The Domesday Book records Coldred as Colret. Coldred parish church is dedicated to Saint Pancras, one of only 6 such dedications in the country. The Normans built the Church in the 11th century, within the newly constructed Motte and Bailey castle which was built by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, half-brother to William the Conqueror. An unknown founder cast a bell in the 14th century, which split in two in 1939. The two cell church remained much the same for the next 500 years. There was some restoration done by the Victorians. The uneven ground around the church is caused by the remains of the castle mentioned above, many Roman artefacts have been found in the surrounding area. Coldred, at nearly 400 feet (122 m) above sea level, is one of the highest places in East Kent MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED