Chapel At North End Of Terrace To Rear Of Bramham Park

The chapel at the north end of the terrace to the rear of Bramham Park, originally built as a summer house, dates from 1750 to 1762 and was designed by James Paine for George Fox Lane. Constructed from magnesian limestone ashlar with a stone slate roof, it showcases a classical style. The building features a pedimented single cell that is two storeys high and three bays wide, with a tetrastyle Ionic porch that spans the full width of the ground floor. The porch is elevated on three steps and includes an entablature, a dentilled cornice, and a parapet balustrade in each bay. The ground floor beneath the porch has a round-headed doorway with double doors (the upper panels are glazed) and a fanlight with radiating glazing bars, along with tall 12-pane sashed windows that have balustrades underneath. On the first floor, there is a square window with glazing bars flanked by square blind windows. Each wing of the chapel features a plinth and a large coved niche in each diagonal wall, complete with a low balustrade. The coping of the balustrade extends as a string course around the entire structure, topped with a dentilled cornice and a low parapet, while the semi-pyramidal roof has a small window at the apex of the return wall. Inside, the chapel has a distyle Ionic screen (made of scagliola) in each side bay, with an entablature and dentilled cornice that runs around the interior, including a semicircular-arched sanctuary in the rear wall. The vaulted ceiling is adorned with slender moulded plaster decoration, and in each side bay, there are statues of Lord Bingley and his daughter, created by Agostino Carlini in 1771.