Garrison Church, Maxwell Road, Old Brompton, c1900
Postcard photograph entitled Garrison Church, Chatham comprising view of west end and south side of Chatham Garrison Church, Maxwell Road, Brompton looking north-east from southern end of Maxwell Road, showing in foreground tree and in middle ground church.
The Garrison Church,Maxwell Road,Brompton dates from 1854 and cost £4,500 to build.
In 1851 it became evident that the existing Chapel was not adequate for the large garrison,which used it as a Chapel and School,and the needs of the Royal Engineers establishment (now the RSME) for model rooms and other instructional rooms were not fully met.
It was also expected that the Sapper and Miner depot (now Royal Engineers) would move from Woolwich to chatham.
Therefore on 17th October 1851 the war office suggested that the Chapel in Brompton Barracks should be used as a model room and that a new Chapel was to be sited as close as possible to the infantry Barracks (now Kitchener).
On 27th April 1854 The Times reported:
"Ground has been cleared near Fort Amherst Guard, Chatham, for a new garrison church, which will also be used, it is understood, for the regimental schools. The present garrison church in Brompton is expected to be converted into model rooms for the Royal Sappers and Miners and other purposes, for which several of the barrack-rooms are at present used by that corps. This arrangement will afford a great deal of additional room in the Brompton Barracks, and also place those rooms in the Chatham Barracks occupied as schoolrooms at the disposal of the barrack-master for the accommodation of troops."
Garrison Church, Maxwell Road, Old Brompton, c1900
Postcard photograph entitled Garrison Church, Chatham comprising view of west end and south side of Chatham Garrison Church, Maxwell Road, Brompton looking north-east from southern end of Maxwell Road, showing in foreground tree and in middle ground church.
The Garrison Church,Maxwell Road,Brompton dates from 1854 and cost £4,500 to build.
In 1851 it became evident that the existing Chapel was not adequate for the large garrison,which used it as a Chapel and School,and the needs of the Royal Engineers establishment (now the RSME) for model rooms and other instructional rooms were not fully met.
It was also expected that the Sapper and Miner depot (now Royal Engineers) would move from Woolwich to chatham.
Therefore on 17th October 1851 the war office suggested that the Chapel in Brompton Barracks should be used as a model room and that a new Chapel was to be sited as close as possible to the infantry Barracks (now Kitchener).
On 27th April 1854 The Times reported:
"Ground has been cleared near Fort Amherst Guard, Chatham, for a new garrison church, which will also be used, it is understood, for the regimental schools. The present garrison church in Brompton is expected to be converted into model rooms for the Royal Sappers and Miners and other purposes, for which several of the barrack-rooms are at present used by that corps. This arrangement will afford a great deal of additional room in the Brompton Barracks, and also place those rooms in the Chatham Barracks occupied as schoolrooms at the disposal of the barrack-master for the accommodation of troops."