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All Saints
The Reredos behind the High Altar
August 2011 Photograph
Lionel Marchant |
All Saints
Ascension window
The window is hidden from view by the Reredos behind the High Altar.
This impression was created by Susan Nystromma
e-mail: SNystromma@aol.com
July 2011 |
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All Saints
Holy Name Chapel Triptych
August 2011 Photograph
Lionel Marchant |
All Saints
Holy Name Chapel
June 2004 Photograph
Lionel Marchant |
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All Saints Sanctuary
June 2004 Photograph
Lionel Marchant |
All Saints Church, Maidstone
from the tower of
St. Michael's Church, Maidstone
November 2015
Photograph Graham Heath
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All Saints Church, Maidstone
from the River
Medway
December 2015
Photograph Dan Daley
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27th October marked
the 20th anniversary of the opening of this iconic structure by HRH
Prince Michael of Kent.
Winner of a design
competition aided by the general public, this bridge was the first of
three footbridges built across the River Medway as part of the £9m River
Walk Millennium project between Teston and Aylesford. This was the
largest Millennium project in the South East.
Designed by Flint
and Neill (Wilkinson, Eyre Architects) and built by Christina and
Nielson, this bridge is constructed of aluminium and carbon fibre, with
stainless steel supports and resin-filled posts, all supported on a
single pier, and by the cable stays which balance the whole structure.
It cost £650,000 and
has won several awards for design and innovation and is very low
maintenance because of its material composition. It is an extremely
light and delicate 80 metre long structure, spanning 45 metres of river
and 35 metres of flood plain from its single pier, and rests lightly on
the eastern bank which consists of a listed ragstone wall. It is
situated in what was described by one of the judges (then Royal Fine Art
Commission Secretary Richard Coleman) as "probably the most sensitive
site for a bridge in the whole country."
It is certainly one
of the most popular pedestrian routes across the river today. I am proud
to have been the Chairman of that Competition Committee in 1997.
Dan Daley
December 2019
Photograph Dan Daley |
