Comments on: The Wonders Of St Michael & All Angels

By: Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:52:47 +0000

I want to go there! Marvelous photos. Thanks

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:23:03 +0000

And a wow from me too

By: Jim McDermott

Jim McDermott — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 02:49:24 +0000

I agree with Leana. If churches have to be decommissioned, what more appropriate use could there be than to recycle other parts of our architectural heritage?

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:49:25 +0000

Incredibly beautiful. Thank you for the tour!

By: Annie S

Annie S — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:13:48 +0000

That is such a wonderful place!
I found it quite by chance a few years ago when I was passing by, I wasn’t sure if it was OK to go inside but it was fine – so many amazing items.

By: Jennifer Newbold

Jennifer Newbold — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:52:24 +0000

You know that saying, “You had me at hello…?” Your first sentence hooked me! And I could spend hours poring over these photographs — they are delightful. It’s a good thing that I am safely away across the pond, or I am sure I would willingly get lost in there for days. Thank you so much for sharing this extraordinary place.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:31:55 +0000

Looks like a bizarre version of Sir John Soane’s house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
At least the building itself has been saved and is largely intact. So many Churches have fallen into disrepair, and many have been demolished, due to shrinking congregations and a paucity of funds. I wonder if at sometime in the future all that will remain of our ecclesiastical estate are the great Cathedrals and Abbeys. How many will last as long as St. Peter-on-the-Wall at Bradwell-on-Sea? Built in the 7th century and still standing firm out on the remote and windswept Dengie peninsular on the Essex coast. The Church is never locked and is open 24 hours a day. Mind you, there’s nothing inside to steal, apart from a couple of wooden benches and I wouldn’t want to be there alone at night! Interesting fact: When St. Peters was built by St. Cedd it was actually designated a Cathedral and there is still, to this day, a Bishop of Bradwell.

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:43:55 +0000

Wondrous to behold.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:40:24 +0000

I rather excitedly thought you had visited my church – St Michael and all Angels in London Fields. Ours has some wonders too, albeit only built in 1961. The murals are by John Haywood, and the history can be found here: http://www.stmichaelslondonfields.org.uk/history-heritage/

By: Milo

Milo — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:33:56 +0000

What Susan said…