And now into June

I had friends round for lunch on Sunday so had anoter day of rest except for the 1.56 mile ride to church and back so lets look at the third church I visited on 'Church Friday' which was Teynham. 

Set about a mile outside of the modern village this church is technically at Teynham Street.

a rather large building being an almost symmetrical cruciform shape if you ignore the flat roofed aisles, see air photography on Google, giving huge north and south transepts which felt similar in size to St Mary's Faversham. With the mainly clear glass in eastern window the nave is very bright with a raised organ loft at the western end.

East window

Detail of east window

The nave looking from the alter with organ loft

 The wooden door from the nave to the porch, base of the tower is supposedly 15th Century. again the windows are clockwise from the alter. 

I really must start taking notes of information regarding each window so I can give you all a clearer idea of what they represent. The notes in the church say that 19th Century east window was destroyed by a land mine in the 1939-45 war. Apparently around one hundred years ago Teynham was renowned for it ancient stained glass all that remains now is a mosaic in the eastern window of the north transept.

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