The Church of England webiste [visit
link] tells us about the building:
"Built: 1863 - 65
Architect: Sir
George Gilbert Scott
Listing: grade 2
The Rev S R Davies, assistant priest
of Lee, inherited money and decided to build a church. Scott was chosen as
architect, and he was unlimited as to cost: £16,500 was spent. The church was
begun in 1863, and consecrated on Easter eve, 1865. It was meant to have a tower
and spire, but these were never built, owing to the nature of the
site.
The walls are of Kentish rag, with
Bath stone dressings: the detached shafts are of Mansfield stone. The style is
Scott's thirteenth-century, with some French details— 'eclecticism of a
chastened kind, and the union in some degree of the merits of the different
styles'. The glass, all by Clayton and Bell, was mostly destroyed in the War.
The reredos, by Charles Buckeridge, Scott's young and trusted assistant, was
carved, by Redfern and decorated by Bell (1873). A faculty was given on 11
September 1875 for a chancel screen by James Brooks, and a south chapel, to
which the reredos, removed from the chancel, was to be taken. A further faculty,
20 June 1899, gave leave for a new marble credence, and iron gates to the
chapel; the architect was P A Robson.
The organ gallery was erected by Sir
Charles Nicholson just before the Second World War. In 1952-3 the sanctuary was
remodelled, and the reredos cleaned and painted. The east window, and windows of
the south chapel, are by J E Nuttgens, 1954."
The church is Grade II listed and the
entry at the English Heritage website [visit
link] tells us:
"Parish church. 1856 by Sir George
Gilbert Scott. Cruciform church with South porch. Early English style with
paired and grouped lancets. Snecked random rubble with freestone dressings. High
pitched, tiled roof to nave, aisles and South transept. Parapet to North
transept where tower was intended. Large West portal has paired doors under
cusped, pointed arches.
INTERIOR: 5-bay nave with high
arcade on round piers with foliated capitals. 3-bay marble lined chancel. Roof
loft but no screen. Fine embroidered banner. Some stained-glass by Clayton and
Bell."
The church's website [visit link]
advises of the days and times of services:
"Sunday
Mass: A half Hour said
service every Sunday at 8:00 AM for ½ hour
Sung Mass: Sung service with
Choir. This is the main service of the week. Every Sunday at 10:00 AM for 1 hour
and 10 minutes.
Monday
Mass: Said mass. Every
Monday at 10:00 AM for ½ hour.
Tuesday
Mass: Said mass for half
an hour. Every Tuesday at 6:30 PM for ½ hour.
Wednesday
Mass: Said Mass. Every
Wednesday at 12:15 PM for ½ hour.
Friday
Mass: Said Mass. Every
Friday at 6:30 PM for ½ hour.
Saturday
Mass: Said Mass. Church
cleaning follows this service. Every Saturday at 10:00 AM for ½
hour."