Lotherton Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1967. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Lotherton Chapel
- WRENN ID
- keen-storey-jackdaw
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1967
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lotherton Chapel is a chapel that likely dates from the late 12th century. It was remodeled in the 18th century and restored in 1917. The building is constructed from magnesian limestone rubble and has a stone slate roof. It is a small structure consisting of a nave that was shortened at the west end during the 18th century, featuring a gable bellcote and a short chancel.
On the south side, there is a 12th-century round-headed lancet window in the center of the nave, with an inserted or remodeled round-headed doorway to the left and a restored two-light chamfered-mullion window to the right. There is also a blocked square-headed priest's door leading to the chancel and a tall two-light mullioned window to the right of this. Both the east end and the north side of the chancel have lancet windows similar to that of the nave. The north side of the nave features a doorway with square-recessed jambs that have stiff-leaf capitals for former nook-shafts, and a round-arched head with elaborate roll-and-casement moulding. The masonry on this side is rubble in the lower half and large blocks above. The west gable wall has an inserted window with a depressed-arched head.
Inside, the nave has two queen-post roof trusses, while the chancel has two king-post trusses with A-struts and longitudinal braces to the ridge, one of which is against the gable wall. The lancet windows have deep splays with painted masonry lines that have been restored. The chancel arch has been replaced by a square-headed opening with a wooden lintel. In the chancel, there are primitive square aumbry recesses on each side. There is a 17th-century octagonal wooden pulpit with carved panels and a matching reading desk. Various wall memorials are present, mostly dedicated to members of the Gascoigne family, including one for a pilot of the First World War who was killed in a crash in the grounds of Lotherton Hall. At the west end of the nave, there is a small stone pillar stoup with a scalloped cap, and in the chancel, there is a heavily carved 16th-century German altar table that is not in its original location.
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