Chapel At Wellington College With Porch Colonnade And Gateway Adjoining West End

CROWTHORNE

SU86SW DUKES RIDE 674-1/17/151 (South side) Chapel at Wellington College with porch colonnade and gateway adj. west end

GV II

Chapel. 1861-3 by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Geometrical style. Extended in 1886 and 1899 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. MATERIALS: Red brick in English bond, stone dressings, slate coped gabled roof. PLAN: nave, main apse, north chapel apse, west porch and slender spire. EXTERIOR: high, moulded plinth of brick and stone, string course at sill and impost levels of windows, corbelled parapet and gable ends with moulded stone coping. 3 stage buttresses with pedimented tops surmounted with leaf finials. Blank arcading with pointed arched heads between plinth and lower string. Windows with geometric tracery. Nave north aisle has 4-bays, with angled buttresses at east end. South aisle similar. East end has large rose window with semi-circular hoodmould. Plank door with elliptical head, approached by 8 stone steps. West end has angled buttresses. large rose window with stone circular niches either side and at top, each with a group of sculptured, carved figures. Apse has 3 single light windows with pointed heads. Terracotta eaves cornice enriched with floral decoration. Porch, Colonnade and Gateway adjoining at west end. Porch slate, pitched roof with moulded eaves running through from lower string on chapel. 6 linked windows in south wall, with pointed heads, stained glass between slim colonnettes with foliage capitals. Large gateway adjoins porch of brick with stone dressings. Symmetrical with large central archway with pointed head, corbelled cornice and balustraded parapet. On south side colonnaded passage of 4-bays linked to gateway by brick wall, and adjoins main College building on west (qv). INTERIOR: chapel nave and aisles is red brick in English bond, panelled dado with battlemented top. Marble floor and rising amphitheatrical seating. 4-bay arcades and naturalistic foliage. 5-bay wagon roof to nave. Sanctuary painted ceiling with angles and musical instruments, blank arcade of 19-bays with pointed arches with heads of apostles in ceramics. Encaustic tile floor. Monuments: memorial to the dead of Great War by Lutyens in the north chapel apse of black and white marble with rectangular base, moulded plinth, column on pedestal with moulded cornice and laurel wreath, surmounted by a statuette of Wellington. Stained glass in the west window of the nave by Lusson. Chapel porch, colonnade and gateway form the south side of large court. The west side is enclosed by Wellington College Main Block (qv) and the north side by the Dining Hall and Common Rooms (qv) the east side is enclosed by the Dormitory Block (qv).

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