Chapel Of St Peter And St Paul At Cuddesdon House

SP 6003 CUDDESDON AND DENTON CUDDESDON 6/2 Chapel of SS. Peter and Paul at Cuddesdon House - II

Chapel. 1846. By Benjamin Ferrey for Bishop Samuel Wilberforce. Coursed squared limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; artificial stone slate roof. 3-bay plan. Decorated style with reticulated tracery. West wall has two 2- light windows flanking a central buttress with a stone bell-cote on the gable. Three 2-light windows in the north wall separated by buttresses, and in the east wall a 3-light window with a quatrefoil in the gable. The south wall, which has been altered, abutted part of the demolished Bishops Palace. All windows have hood-moulds with carved heads as stops. Interior: Arch-braced roof with curved wind-braces, and oak screen to ante-chapel with reticulated tracery. West windows have armorial glass by Thomas Willement given by Queen Victoria, The Prince Consort and the Archbishops of York and Canterbury. (V.C.H. Oxfordshire V, p.101; Buildings of England, Oxfordshire, p.565)

Listing NGR: SP6004703167