St Bartholomews Church, Goodnestone, nr Faversham

Hi folks,

Another church, this one built by the Normans in about 1100 and not far from the All Saints church that we visited last week in Graveney, near Faversham,

This quaint church ceased having regular services in 1982 and since 1996 has been looked after by The Churches Conservation Trust, it is only opened in the Spring, Summer and Autumn on a Wednesday apart from an occasional service or event.

The Chancel window.

The nave window with its vertical Crown post roof support above.

Close up of the window and its foliage.

New seating fitted to replace the original box pews as in All Saints in the last blog in the 19th century.

Foliage designs in the window.

The windows cast a light across the church wall.

Outside in the field next to the church were these two lovely horses.  I owe the driver of Sainsburys supermarket home delivery van my thanks because the horses were not interested in us and just kept munching the grass at a distance.
He reversed the van by their field to make a delivery in the narrow lane, making that distinctive beep beep sound and over they came to see what was going on.  There you have it two very attentive horses, maybe I should record the sound and carry the recording around, might come in useful!

Thanks for coming with us to visit this lovely old church.

Best regards, Mike