Dracula's Heritage Plaque
From Transylvania to Purfleet
Jonathan Catton (Thurrock's
Heritage Officer) watches as Ingrid Pitt talks about her
experience as the "Hammer Queen of Horror" at
the unveiling of the latest heritage plaque. The plaque
will be on the wall of St Stephen's church in Purfleet.
This was built in the grounds of Purfleet House, which
appears to have been the model for Carfax House in Dracula
by Bram Stoker.
Confusingly, there was a house called Carfax House in Purfleet, but this was built after the publication of the novel, and presumably took its name from the book rather than vice versa. |