Chapel and Remains of Nave of Former Friary at Christ College is a Grade I listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. A Medieval Chapel.

Chapel and Remains of Nave of Former Friary at Christ College

WRENN ID
fallow-jamb-falcon
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 December 1976
Type
Chapel
Period
Medieval
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Early English style chapel with remains of nave to W. Chapel is stone with angle buttresses; slate roof with belcote to W. North elevation has 11 lancets in all, with 4 to sanctuary, and 7 deeper lancets to choir. East window of 5 stepped lancets. On S side, 4 lancets to sanctuary, and rest of wall is blank. Remains of nave retain base of W window; tomb recess to S. Responds only of arcade to C14 N aisle. N doorway with quadrant mouldings over round arch. West entry to chapel with lean-to roof; doorway to R, and 3-light window to L.

Chapel has panelled wagon roof. Early C14 tomb recess in N sanctuary wall. Quadruple sedilia to S and double piscina both with trefoiled arches and hoodmouldings with floral stops. East window with C19 glass (1863) by Clayton and Bell to designs of Seddon. Reredos panelling by Caroe, and stalls by Seddon. Good C18 funerary monuments. Antechapel has 6 stalls of circa 1400 with misericords. Large cinquefoil double piscina (said to have come from nave). Good late C17 and early C18 monuments including full length portrait bust of William Lucy (died 1677), and Lucy/Games tomb with life-size alabaster figures. Grand 18-branch candelabrum (given by Elizabeth Walker of Newton House in 1723).

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