College Of Missionary Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. Chapel.
College Of Missionary Chapel
- WRENN ID
- eastward-corbel-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1967
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 97 NW POTT SHRIGLEY C.P. OFF SHRIGLEY ROAD (North Side) Shrigley Park
5/99 Chapel of Missionary College 14/4/1967 (Formerly listed as Church of Shrigley Park) GV II
Large Chapel: 1936-38, by Philip Tilden for Salesian Order. Squared sandstone rubble with slate roof. The body is octagonal with transepts projecting fron the 4 cardinal faces and small radiating chapels between. The main aspect is symmetrical with gabled facade of transept and clerestorey gable above. Triple Romanesque features to ground floor with central, iron-bound doors, and pointed lancets above. Small lead louvre in centre of main roof. Interior: Roughly dressed stone with red sandstone bands and dressings. Octagonal nave under domical vault, with ambulatory and gallery over west door. Chancel has triple round-headed arches on 2 plain, sandstone pillars with Romanesque capitals above similar altar in cream and purple marble. Pairs of round-headed sedilia to either side. Paintings of St. John Bosco and the 12 stations of the cross by the architect.
Pevsner considers the chapel an odd-man-out, yet very interesting. (Pevsner and Hubbard).
Listing NGR: SJ9428879765
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