Foundations Of St Bertelin'S Chapel Immediately West Of Church Of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1971. Chapel.
Foundations Of St Bertelin'S Chapel Immediately West Of Church Of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- north-wattle-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1971
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
STAFFORD
SJ9223SW ST MARY'S GATE 590-1/10/85 (West side) 17/12/71 Foundations of St Bertelin's Chapel immediately west of Church of St Mary
GV II
Foundations of shrine chapel. C11 with much later Medieval rebuilding; demolished 1801; excavated 1954. Ground plan laid out in dressed stone indicating small nave and narrower chancel; former entrance to church of St Mary blocked To the centre a replica of a ?cross found during excavation of an earlier wooden structure on the site. St Bertelin was an C8 hermit, claimed as the founder of Stafford, whose shrine was a place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages. (Victoria County History of Staffordshire: Greenslade MW: A History of Stafford (taken from VCH): London: 1979-: 238, 241-2; Fisher MJ M.A. Rev: A Guide to St Mary's: Stafford: 17, 20).
Listing NGR: SJ9209823184
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