Chapel Of St Aidan

SANDHOE STAGSHAW NY 96 NE 5/329 CHAPEL OF ST AIDAN

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Chapel, 1885 by W.S. Hicks for John Straker. Squared stone with ashlar dressings; graduated Lakeland slate roof. Aisleless 3-bay nave with south porch and south-west bell turret, 2-bay chancel with north vestry, organ chamber. Free Perpendicular style.

Chamfered plinth and set-back, moulded sill string, eaves cornice with corbels; stepped buttresses. 2- and 3-light windows. Gabled south porch has panelled double doors under moulded arch with square flower ornament. Octagonal bell turret has shallow buttresses to alternate faces, chamfered loops to newel stair, traceried single-light bell openings, embattled parapet and stone spire with weathervane. Moulded panel on south of chancel with IHS and Emblems of Passion. Gables with moulded coping and foliate cross finials.

Interior: Moulded chancel arch with foliage-carved capitals; segmental arch with square flower ornament to organ chamber. Piscina and sedilia in chancel. Much good woodwork including arch-braced collar-beam roofs; carved wallplate with foliage cornice. Richly-carved font. Panelled and brattished dado, linenfold bench ends. Carved pulpit, lectern, stalls and communion rail. Mosaic chancel floor.

Listing NGR: NY9810466883