Private Chapel North West Of Swettenham Hall

SJ 86 NW 5/45

SWETTENHAM C.P. SWETTENHAM ROAD

Private chapel north-west of Swettenham Hall

II

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Chapel, 1852, (in blue bricks on north facing wall). Red brick in Flemish bond with slate roof, 3 bays. Stone plinth. Nave entrance, in north-west gable, is a pair of oak doors in chamfered stone dressed opening with single shaft and Gothic head. The door is surmounted by a rose window based on six trefoils. Nave windows are pairs of lancets in stone dressed openings with common mullion and blue brick arches. There is blue brick diaper work, in diamond or cross arrangement, below the windows. The three matching windows of the canted chancel apse have trefoil head to the pairs and a trefoil light at the head. The apse has flush quoins. A small tower, south-east of the chancel, contains the vestry with an organ gallery above. This starts square and becomes octagonal at window sill level. It has lancets to each face, moulded band and a cornice surmounted by short Tuscan columns to angles. The tower finishes, mid nave roof level, with coped gables to the eight faces. The main roof has an eaves dentil course and pyramid hipped end to the apse. Interior: Integral nave and chancel separated only by the moulded communion rail with wrought iron scroll supports. Turned baluster rail to organ gallery. Stone piscina west wall of chancel with matching holy water fonts both sides of nave entrance. Gothic trusses on stone corbels with tie rods, exposed rafters. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SJ 80882 66587