A 150-year-old stained-glass window removed from a church for its own safety during the Second World War is now back home.

The spectacular window showing the crucifixion of Christ has been reinstalled at the church of St Peter and St Paul in the village of Borden near Sittingbourne.

The delicate operation masterminded by Susan McCarthy and her team of glass specialists at AuraVisions from Essex began last Wednesday after scaffolding had been erected in and outside the church's east window.

Although all nine carefully restored panels were in place by Friday additional work continued on Monday to seal it.

Priest in charge Father Robert Lane said: "The church will remain closed until all the scaffolding has been removed. I will let parishioners know when they can return for private prayer and viewings."

He added: "We are all so very excited the window is back where it belongs."

The window, which was removed in 1944 for safe-keeping has become quite a star with photos of the work appearing in national newspapers like The Times and The Telegraph and on television.

The major job to put it back has cost the parochial church council £30,000 using donations from parishioners and grants from Friends of Kent Churches and The Cottam Trust.

Experts took seven months to painstakingly replace all the leading and carefully clean the glass which fills three vertical columns.

The window was originally created by the Clutterbuck glass factory of Maryland Point, Stratford, East London around 1870 probably by Charles Clutterbuck Junior.

The church has another Clutterbuck window probably by his father Charles Clutterbuck Senior, which was never removed.

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