Eyre Chantry (Roman Catholic Chapel), Perrymead Cemetery is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 2011. Chapel.
Eyre Chantry (Roman Catholic Chapel), Perrymead Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- other-hammer-winter
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 2011
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Eyre Chantry, a Roman Catholic chapel located in Perrymead Cemetery, is a Grade II* listed building. Constructed from coursed and squared limestone, with some ashlar courses and Welsh slate roofs, it features a rectangular plan with an apsed chancel, a south spirelet, and a porch.
The chapel is designed in a French Gothic style, which is more elaborate than the nearby cemetery chapel. The west wall showcases a three-light Decorated window adorned with quatrefoils in the head. It has corner buttresses and a coped gable topped with a cross. The south wall includes a large gabled porch with a cross, alongside a small hexagonal tower that has an open belfry and a spirelet above. The tower is situated in the center bay and is flanked by two-light windows featuring trefoils in the head tracery. The chancel contains three similar windows, and there are three additional windows on the north wall. The bays are divided by gabled buttresses with offsets, and the roof is decorated with a combination of plain and scalloped slates.
While the interior was not inspected, it is reported to be richly decorated. Notable features include an elaborate alabaster altar by Mr. Charles Hansom, executed by Bolton of Cheltenham, which features a figure of the recumbent Christ and a canopy supported by shafts of Irish green Serpentine. The recessed arches, supported by shafts of Devonshire marble, have rich capitals. Additionally, the hammered ironwork screen is by Hardman of Birmingham, who also created the stained glass. The floor is made of encaustic tiles by Mintons.
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