A road in Rochester was closed this morning after bricks and rubble fell from the front of a building.

Police were called out to Delce Road, in Rochester at its junction with Star Hill after rubble fell from the Elim Pentecostal Church.

The religious building, which is Grade II listed, was built in 1856 and is made of ragstone.

Officers were at the scene for several hours and closed the road from the junction with King Street and Star Hill.

Motorists were being advised to find alternative routes.

A police spokesman said: "Officers were called at 8.15am to a report that brick work had come away from a building in Delce Road near the junction with Star Hill.

"No injuries have been reported but officers have closed the road due to an amount of brickwork that is in the road.

"The local authority has been informed."