Lotherton Chapel

LOTHERTON CUM ABERFORD LOTHERTON PARK SE43NW LS25 2/58 Lotherton Chapel 3.2.67

GV II*

Chapel. Probably late C12; remodelled in C18, restored 1917. Magnesian limestone rubble, stone slate roof. Small building consisting of nave shortened at west end in C18 with gable bellcote and short chancel. South side has a C12 round- headed lancet in the centre of the nave, an inserted or remodelled round-headed doorway to the left and a restored 2-light chamfered-mullion window to the right, a blocked square-headed priest door to the chancel and a tall 2-light mullioned window to the right of this. East end and north side of chancel each have a lancet like that to the nave; north side of nave has a doorway with square-recessed jambs which have stiff-leaf capitals to former nook-shafts, and a round-arched head with elaborate roll-and-casement moulding; the masonry this side is rubble in the lower half and large blocks above. West gable wall has an inserted window with depressed-arched head. Interior: nave has 2 queen- post roof trusses, chancel has 2 king-post trusses with A-struts and longitudinal braces to the ridge, one of these against the gable wall; lancet windows have deep splays with painted masonry lines restored; chancel arch replaced by square- headed opening with wooden lintel; in chancel, a primitive square aumbry recess on each side; C17 octagonal wooden pulpit with carved panels and sounding board, and matching reading desk. Various wall memorials, mostly to members of the Gascoigne family, but one to a pilot of the 1st World War killed in a crash in the grounds of Lotherton Hall. At west end of nave a small stone pillar stoup with scalloped cap; in chancel, a heavily carved C16 German altar table (ex situ).

Listing NGR: SE4493736036