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C20 Churches

The Friars (Aylesford Priory Church)

Monument typeReligious house of the Order of the Carmelites
Listing gradeNL

Architect(s)

Adrian Gilbert Scott

Construction

Date begun1958
Date completed1965

Location

Bull Lane
Aylesford
ME20 7BX
England

Local authorityTonbridge and Malling

Denomination

DenominationRoman Catholic
DioceseSouthwark

Additional notes

In 1949 the Carmelites returned to The Friars and a partnership between architect Adrian Gilbert Scott and Fr Malachy Lynch restored the building and conceived the idea of an open-air shrine.

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