Chapel Of St. Mary, In Grounds Of Nunthorpe Hall

NUNTHORPE EAST SIDE, NZ 51 SW (5413) Nunthorpe Village 6/108 Chapel of St. Mary, in grounds of Nunthorpe Hall. G.V. II Chapel-of-ease, 1824 (recorded in east window), possibly on site of C14 chapel. Dressed sandstone; Lakeland slate roof with stone gable copings. Single cell. Gothic revival style. Chamfered plinth. Boarded west door, with studs, in Tudor-arched, double-chamfered surround, under cusped spandrels and hoodmould. Similar window above has 3 trefoil-headed lights. Cross-arrowloop in gable with deep moulded coping, and partly-renewed gabled bellcote with cross finial, and bell in pointed opening. Diagonal buttresses. Similar square-headed north, south and east windows. Blocked square window in east gable. INTERIOR : plastered and ceiled, with moulded exposed joists and beams on corbels, and narrow cornice. Painted pointed-arcaded panelled stalls with fleur-de-lys finials at ends. Patterned encaustic-tiled floors. Stained glass in west window dated 1869; in east window 1863, depicting St. Peter and St. Paul. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ5411813199