St Michael the Archangel Church, Chatham

In 1795, the first Catholic mission in Medway was founded in Brompton. It created by a French priest. At first, the chapel was housed on Westcourt Street and later on Manor Street. The mission would remain there until St Michael's Church was built.

The church was built from 1862 to 1863. It was designed by Henry Clutton and the estimated cost was £1,695. When it was built the church became the centre of the Catholic mission in Medway. From the church, priests would go out to say Mass for Catholic congregations in the surrounding area, such as those in Gillingham. In 1881, the pulpit was given to the church by locally garrisoned Catholic soldiers. St Michael's has an aisled nave under a single roof. The aisles, behind semicircular arcades, have shed ceiling and are lower than the central nave. Therefore this church is a pseudobasilica. Outside, the walls are of yellow brick.