Chapel Of Our Lady

The Chapel of Our Lady is a Grade I listed bridge chapel located on the north side of Rotherham Bridge. It was built in 1483, with exterior restoration completed in 1924 and interior restoration in 1980. The chapel is constructed from deeply-coursed ashlar sandstone, and its roof is not visible. This small, single-storey building features an undercroft and is designed in the Perpendicular style, with 20th-century tracery that complements the original architecture.

The entrance front has a moulded plinth band that is interrupted by a moulded, Tudor-arched doorway with a hoodmould above it. To the right of the doorway is a small slit window, and above it is a small two-light window also with a hoodmould. A peaked string course runs beneath an embattled parapet adorned with crocketed pinnacles. On the opposite gable, there is a slit window to the undercroft, flanked by offset buttresses. The plinth band continues beneath a four-light window with a hoodmould, and the parapet features an apex pinnacle similar to the front. Each side wall has two three-light windows with hoodmoulds.

Inside, the unimproved undercroft retains remains of cell doors. The chapel was likely founded by Archbishop Thomas Rotherham. In 1483, John Bokying bequeathed 3 shillings and 4 pence for the construction of the chapel on Rotherham Bridge. It served as an almshouse before becoming a town jail in 1779, with doors preserved in the undercroft. From 1826, it was used as a private house and later became a tobacconist's shop from 1888 to 1913. The chapel was reconsecrated in 1924.