Vicar:
Position currently vacant.
The Vicarage,
The Green,
Langton Green,
Kent TN3 0JB
Email:
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Churchwardens: |
Sally-Ann Gathern Emma Stevens |
01892 822261 07900 245331 |
Administrator: |
Valerie Stirling |
The Parish Office is situated in the church. Tel: 01892 861889 |
Treasurer: |
Mark Gamble |
01892 862194 |
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History
A Short History of All Saints, Langton Green (adapted from 'All Saints Church, Langton Green - A Short History and Guide' Peter Batts 1994.)
We are extremely fortunate to have a beautiful and cherished
church building in an excellent state of repair and built (by Chambers of Penshurst) in 1863 in a version of the Early English Style, considered at the time of the Gothic Revival to be the only truly
Christian style. It was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert-Scott, the celebrated Victorian architect.
In the early 1860s a fairly large corner of the Green was given by Mr Charles Powell of Speldhurst and a public appeal was launched to build a 'Chapel of Ease at Lankton' (only later to become
Langton Green).
In the church are windows by Morris and Co (all very early), Clayton and Bell, Powells, C E Kempe and Gerald Moira. Our picture here shows a predella in a chancel window by Powells showing the Angel of the Crucifixion. The most obvious Pre-Raphaelite Morris window depicts Mary Magdalene (not illustrated) by William Morris himself, 1862.