(Photo: Poulton and Sons, Lee.)
KILPECK CHURCH.
(Nave thirty-six feet by twenty.)
An article on midget places of worship would be incomplete without a reference to the little lath-and-plaster church of Essex, consisting of nave, chancel, and a small turret. Hazeleigh Church, as it is named, stands in the near vicinity of Hazeleigh Hall—once the home of the Essex family of the Alleynes, one of whom founded the College of God's Gift at Dulwich. This little church has thus been described by the Rev. H. R. Wadmore, sometime curate:—
"... A little church beside a wood
Securely sheltered from the sweeping blast;
So quiet, so secure, it seems to be
A very type of rest and all that's still."
(Photo: R. D. Barrett.)
CHILCOMBE CHURCH.
(Twelve yards long.)
This little church of Hazeleigh, owing to its simple character, differs but slightly from the roadside cottages. It has been styled "the meanest church in Essex," owing to its unpretentious character.