Jesus Chapel And Attached House

EAST HENDRED CHAPEL SQUARE SU468 20/56 Jesus Chapel and attached 25/10/51 house (Formerly listed as Old Chapel House)

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Chapel, now village hall, and attached priest's house, now house. Early C15 chapel, late C15 priest's house. Chapel: ashlar stone plinth; ashlar stone; old plain-tile roof. 3-bay chapel. C20 plank door to basket-arched doorway with moulded surround to west end. 2-light stone mullion window with arch-topped lights above. 3-light rectilinear tracery window with hood-mould to east end. 2-light stone mullion window with cusped lights and hood mould to right of south elevation. Interior: 3-bay arch-braced collar truss roof with curved windbraces. C15 screen. West end floored. House: painted brick to ground floor; close-studded timber-framing with rendered infill to first floor centre and right; render, probably on timber-framing to first floor left; old plain-tile roof; brick end stack to left, internal stack to rear right. 2-storey, 3-window range. Plank doors to left and right of centre. Irregular fenestration of casements. Right return: brick to ground floor; close-studded timber-framing to first floor with rendered infill, and arched brace to left. Queenpost roof truss to gable end. Left return: queenpost roof truss with stone rubble infill to gable end. Interior not inspected but likely to be of interest. (Buildings of England: Berkshire: 1975, p134; VCH: Berkshire: Vol 4, 1924, p294)

Listing NGR: SU4604688893