Chapel Of St Cuthbert

NORTH SUNDERLAND INNER FARNE NU 23 NW Farne Islands 5/172 Chapel of St. Cuthbert 22.12.69 GV II* Chapel. C12 or C13 masonry-in lower part of north wall. Rebuilt C14, extensively restored 1840-50. Older masonry squared stone; elsewhere random whinstone rubble with sandstone dressings. Single-cell building of 4 bays. Renewed ogee doorway in left bay and two C19 Decorated windows in centre bays. Left bay has blocked original 2-light Decorated window. 3-light C19 east window. North wall blank. Gabled roof with small west bellcote. Interior: Richly decorated with C17 woodwork made for Bishop Cosin at Durham Cathedral and brought here by Archdeacon Thorp in the 1840's. Includes: tabernacled stalls with combined Gothic tracery and renaissance heads, festoons etc; pews with similarly-carved back panels and bench ends; screen with C17- style balusters, Gothic tracery and cresting of repeated mitres. 2 older chairs with misericords,one a green man, the other a cherub. Monument to Grace Darling, erected by Archdeacon Thorp, with commemorative verse by Wordsworth.

Listing NGR: NU2180835990