St Thomas House (Chapel) is a Grade II* listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 1984. A C19 Chapel.

St Thomas House (Chapel)

WRENN ID
muted-parapet-alder
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Country
England
Date first listed
6 November 1984
Type
Chapel
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Thomas House (Chapel) was built in 1880 by Woodyer. It is a single cell structure with a small transept that slightly projects on the south side and a north porch at the west end. The chapel features a steep slate roof, with a gabled dormer on the west side of the south elevation that has a barge board coupled opening and slate hung within the triangular front. On the east side of the north elevation, there is a tall three-light flat-roofed dormer. The gabled porch has a turret containing a pointed bell opening beneath a gable, and the supporting walls are decorated with minor buttresses on each face. The walls are made of red brick in English bond, featuring a weathered cill band that is raised at the east side and transept, as well as a plinth.

A prominent feature of the chapel is a chequered band below the eaves, which was originally three rows deep of square tiles with an alternating floral design. This design also fills the steep gable of the transept at the east gable and the north face of the porch. The lower string of this base rises over the pointed arches of the openings. Minor stepped buttresses are located on the west side of the south elevation, the east side of the north elevation, and the east side of the porch. A massive three-stepped buttress is centrally placed on the east gable, featuring a trefoil-headed niche in its upper part.

All openings are slender lancets, with five on each long side, smaller coupled lights at the east side, and a group of four within the transept. The porch, which is partly masked by a later structure, has a pointed arch in two stages, and the wall above contains the chequered pattern with rosettes in alternate tiles. Inside, there is an arch-braced timber roof, very deep window reveals, a continuous weathered cill band, and two flush bands of block brickwork, one at impost level. At the west end, there is a two-storeyed timber Gothic screen with three cusped arcading, a gallery rail, and misericord seats. The windows feature stained glass.

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