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Kent / Re: Paradise Chapel/Congregational Church Milton Regis
« on: Saturday 18 March 17 10:44 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Linda ....i'll keep my fingers crossed !!!! 
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Kent / Re: Paradise Chapel/Congregational Church Milton Regis
« on: Friday 17 March 17 09:26 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Linda ....I would think at some point part of the land was sold off to form the unmade road that links the new houses on Larkfield Avenue with Beechwood Avenue !! it now has a modest rear garden. It does have a partial cellar, no attic rooms though...During modernisation of the " less than professional !!! " flat conversion we did uncover original printed wall paper that had been boarded over and when excavating under the ground floor i uncovered a stone cross that i will eventually incorporate into the perimeter walling as a feature !! please let me know if any photos materialise we were hoping that some wide angle wedding shots from the church might come to light showing how the front looked in its heyday
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Kent / Re: Paradise Chapel/Congregational Church Milton Regis
« on: Wednesday 15 March 17 22:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi Linda we purchased one of the flats at auction in 2009 as an investment and as others were put up for sale bought them and eventually the freehold !! at some point in 1975 the building was divided into 4 units i do have the original Leases i believe the surname " Bird " was on all of them i would assume that was the builder/developer, we are on another project at the moment but as soon as we're back at The Manse we have plans to give the building back its period look hence our quest for photos !! Regards Simon
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Kent / Re: Paradise Chapel/Congregational Church Milton Regis
« on: Tuesday 14 March 17 21:42 GMT (UK) »
Hi Linda thanks for the post i've just had an email prompt with your reply.... we'd love any information you have about The Manse especially any early photos if there are any in your family archives Regards Simon
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Kent / Re: Paradise Chapel/Congregational Church Milton Regis
« on: Wednesday 25 September 13 20:04 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the pointers guys all very interesting" keep them coming i'm on the case!! " Cornopean thanks for the PM i will have a scan on the photos tonight regards Simon
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Kent / Re: Paradise Chapel/Congregational Church Milton Regis
« on: Wednesday 25 September 13 00:06 BST (UK) »
Thanks Grandarog strange how its now 48, Crown road must have gained a few!!! just as an update i have emailed Sittingbourne Heritage so hopefully the ball is rolling on some archive history
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Kent / Re: Paradise Chapel/Congregational Church Milton Regis
« on: Tuesday 24 September 13 14:15 BST (UK) »
Thanks bearkat we've only just started researching the property so will certainly drop them a line regards Simon
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Kent / Paradise Chapel/Congregational Church Milton Regis
« on: Monday 23 September 13 21:38 BST (UK) »
Hi All we are new to RootsChat & came across your forum while trying to research a building we have purchased hopefully someone can shed some light on its past!! Searching the internet we came across this post by Jibba http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=443849.0 some of the content relates to the Paradise Chapel & Congregational Church our building is directly behind it, named the " Manse " i am led to believe this was originally the Minsters house for the Chapel, the church is long since gone, i can remember going there when it was a scout hall many moons ago, we would love to know its age and if any members know any history relating to the building/church it was also mentioned the Church was built in 1790 and further building work carried out in 1860 does anyone know when the Manse would have been built??, our knowledge only comes from the purchase that in 1975 the Manse was converted into flats and from a photo in Jibba's post it would seem a top window has been bricked up in the conversion we would love to see some better pre conversion photos if anyone can help Many Thanks Simon
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