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	{{Infobox\|[[File:St Martha's Church, Little Common, Bexhill.JPG\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]\|1940\|Marshall Wood\|Edward Godwin and Sons\|w28944786\|50.84323\|0.43424}}		{{Infobox
			\|image=[[File:St Martha's Church, Little Common, Bexhill.JPG\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]
			\|date=1940
			\|architect=Marshall Wood
			\|builder=Edward Godwin and Sons
			\|use=Church
			\|osmid=w28944786
			\|lat=50.84323\|lng=0.43424
			}}
	The foundation stone was laid on 11 August 1939 and the building was completed the following year. The cost was £7,114. The architect is recorded as one Marshall Wood of Hooe (a village near Little Common), who was a government architect in Hong Kong. It is a simple brick church but with a striking west (ritual) end reminiscent of Spanish or Italian Romanesque, though the tiled bell stage and pyramid roof give a distinctively Sussex flavour.		The foundation stone was laid on 11 August 1939 and the building was completed the following year. The cost was £7,114. The architect is recorded as one Marshall Wood of Hooe (a village near Little Common), who was a government architect in Hong Kong. It is a simple brick church but with a striking west (ritual) end reminiscent of Spanish or Italian Romanesque, though the tiled bell stage and pyramid roof give a distinctively Sussex flavour.

AlexM at 00:19, 25 March 2025

2025-03-25T00:19:05Z

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{{Infobox|[[File:St Martha's Church, Little Common, Bexhill.JPG|thumb|class=pageimage]]|1940|Marshall Wood|Edward Godwin and Sons|w28944786|50.84323|0.43424}}

The foundation stone was laid on 11 August 1939 and the building was completed the following year. The cost was £7,114. The architect is recorded as one Marshall Wood of Hooe (a village near Little Common), who was a government architect in Hong Kong. It is a simple brick church but with a striking west (ritual) end reminiscent of Spanish or Italian Romanesque, though the tiled bell stage and pyramid roof give a distinctively Sussex flavour.

The base of the tower combine with the narthex into a single composition with soaring blind arches and a Calvary of crosses. The single roof spanning nave and aisles, together with the aisle windows rising into dormers, contribute to the Sussex vernacular character. Inside the nave forms the main space, with a short chancel and narrow aisles.<ref>[https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/little-common-bexhill-on-sea-st-martha/ Taking Stock - Catholic Churches of England and Wales]</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Stone, St. Martha's Church, Bexhill.jpg|Foundation stone
Sculpture, St. Martha's Church, Little Common, Bexhill.jpg|Sculpture of St Martha
St. Martha's Church, Bexhill (indoor).jpg|Interior
St. Martha's Church, Bexhill (indoor) (2).jpg
</gallery>

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[[Category:1940s]]
[[Category:Places of Worship]]
[[Category:Kewhurst Ward]]
[[Category:Cooden Sea Road]]
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St. Martha's Church, Cooden Sea Road - Revision history

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