Chapel Of St Silas

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SO 35 SW 3/38

EARDISLEY CP, Bollingham, Chapel of St Silas

(Formerly listed as Bollingham Chapel, A 4111 (west side))

16.10.67

II*

Chapel. Probably C13, restored in 1867 and 1890. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and stone-tiled roof laid in diminishing courses. Three- bay nave with west bellcote and south porch and two-bay chancel. Nave: 2- light C19 west window with hoodmould and head stops. North elevation was refaced in C19 and has a buttress with offsets to east of centre, a 2-light window and two cusped lancets, all C19. South elevation has similar windows. West bellcote is C19 and gabled with a gabled finial to the centre of the ridge. There are two pointed arched openings with imposts and a bell in the northern opening. South porch is C19 and gabled with a pointed timber archway and scissor-truss roof. The south doorway has a chamfered timber cambered head and chamfered ashlar jambs. Chancel has a C19 east window of three lights with hoodmould and head stops. In the south elevation is a C19 cusped lancet, to the west of which is a medieval carved corbel. Interior: C19 pointed chancel arch of two chamfered orders, the inner on moulded corbels. Nave has a C14 or C15 roof with arch-braced collar trusses and king-post trusses, moulded wall-plates and a single tier of cusped wind-braces (partly renewed). The chancel roof is also medieval in part and has a central C19 arch-braced collar truss. Font is C19, stone with octagonal bowl on four columns with ornate capitals. Font of similar date, three-sided with engaged columns. There is a stoup east of the south doorway. Memorials: in the nave is a ledger slab to Sarah Higgins, died 1711. (RCHM, III, p 52, item 2).

Listing NGR: SO3017352695