This tiny hamlet lies on the old A20 between Newingreen and Hythe, and consists of a farm and just 3 or 4 old houses.
This small chapel was built c1904 for the workers of the manorial Sandling Park Estate, near Saltwood, which had been acquired by the Rt. Hon. Laurence Hardy in 1897. Hardy was the local Member of Parliament between 1892-1918 and an evangelical lay churchman. Sandling Park is a large country estate consisting of woodland and farmland. (see under SANDLING for more info). A number of Laurence Hardy's descendents still live on or around the Estate today. Built of brick and timber, it replaced a temporary iron Mission Room that had been erected in 1897.
The Chapel is still consecrated, and a monthly service is still held there, as well as celebrations for the major Christian festivals. I've not yet had the opportunity to film inside, but I have been in there when I was a child, and remember it as being a very peaceful small space.
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