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{{Infobox|[[File:Former Good Shepherd Mission Hall, Bexhill.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]]|1913-10-11|George Herbert Gray| | {{Infobox|[[File:Former Good Shepherd Mission Hall, Bexhill.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]]|1913-10-11|George Herbert Gray|J. Rogers and Son|w367352941|50.84593|0.46858}} | ||
Built in | Built in 1913 in an Edwardian Tudor Revival style with castellated octagonal turret - formerly a worship hall on the first floor with the Malet Memorial Hall on the ground floor used for meetings. | ||
The building was commissioned by Lady Ermyntrude Malet as a memorial to her husband, Sir Edward Malet, 4th Baronet (1837-1908). He was a high-ranking British diplomat who retired with his wife to Wrestwood on Hastings Road (now St Mary’s Special School and College). He was Consul General in Egypt in the 1880s and then the British Ambassador to Germany. Malet Street in the heart of Bloomsbury was named after his honour. | The building was commissioned by Lady Ermyntrude Malet as a memorial to her husband, Sir Edward Malet, 4th Baronet (1837-1908). He was a high-ranking British diplomat who retired with his wife to Wrestwood on Hastings Road (now St Mary’s Special School and College). He was Consul General in Egypt in the 1880s and then the British Ambassador to Germany. Malet Street in the heart of Bloomsbury was named after his honour. | ||