Westgate Chapel is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. Chapel. 12 related planning applications.

Westgate Chapel

WRENN ID
eternal-pedestal-sorrel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1952
Type
Chapel
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Westgate Chapel, dating from 1583, was converted in 1698 and altered and restored in the 19th century. It is a timber-framed building with knapped flint cladding on a high plinth, incorporating a chamfered stone plinth band. The upper sections are tilehung to the right-hand side of the east end, and partially tilehung and partially plastered to the north entrance front. The north front features a doorway within a red brick porch, complete with paired half-glazed doors, a flat hood supported by console brackets, and a plaque recording the chapel's origins. The east front has two six-light chamfered transom and mullion windows; the one on the right is surrounded by tile hanging and wood, while the one on the left is stone, with a three-light chamfered mullion window above. The roof is covered with plain tiles. A wooden door to the right is within a round-headed stone arch surround.

Inside the main chapel, there is high dado panelling with four recessed arches on tall, round columns (likely wooden). The arches on the right are open below the impost level, while the central pair provide light to an adjacent room through tall three-light cavetto-mullioned diamond-lattice windows. There are also tall six-light cavetto-mullioned diamond-latticed windows at the east and west ends, and two on the south side. A late 19th-century organ is located in a recess next to the sanctuary, and a 19th-century carved, panelled pulpit is on the right of the sanctuary. An arched recess on the south side wall indicates the original position of the pulpit before 1913. A carved, octagonal stone font sits on an octagonal stem. The church hall contains dado panelling, 19th-century heavy beams supported by wooden brackets, and columns. The hall and vestibule were separated from the chapel in 1915. A small, panelled room with bookshelves adjoins the chapel on the south side.

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