Hello Friends,
Please keep your emails going to the Heritage Lottery Fund (who are financing this travesty) and also Bromley Council. But now please copy in Historic England as well.
I know some of you have received 'nonsense' replies from the London Borough of Bromley. If you have any doubts about what we have said, please google the official Historic England Listing for the Memorial Chapel, Entry No 1391588. The detailed description of the North Chapel or Vestry starts: 'The large Chapel to the N is detailed in a more complex way....' The 'oculus' it then goes on to mention is the Air Crew Association stained glass window.
The Chapel has only been listed once, that being in 2005 and the Listing is for the COMPLETE building, comprising the Main Chapel, the St George's Room and the Vestry, which is a fine brick building designed by acclaimed Architects Purcell Miller Tritton. It covers some 70 square metres, the largest component of which is described on the plans as the 'Choir Vestry'. It was completed at the time of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and was built because it had been noted that the Chapel was lacking in its facilities and it incorporates a small boiler room to make the Chapel independent heating wise. The complete Chapel is 'modern' in Listed Building terms, as it is all post war, and demolition of the Vestry is part demolition of the Listed building.
The Leader of the Council has also made comments to emailers on the matter of the 'filibustering', perhaps he should contact his own Mayor on the subject, who has emailed us on this matter and is in no doubt as to what happened.
I hope you all agree that the demolition of the Vestry and replacing it with an ugly inadequate building, despised by the public, is misappropriation of Lottery funds.
CAN YOU HELP US GET THIS INTO THE PRESS ?!?
With your help we can still get this madness stopped and convince the Council to give us a Museum building 'Worthy' of the most famous RAF Station in the world, Biggin Hill, the 'Strongest Link'.
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Kindest regards
Rita Radford
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio...of-remembrance