Description

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SU97SE
599-1/14/8

OLD WINDSOR
BURFIELD ROAD (South side (off))
Chapel of former Beaumont College

(Formerly listed as Chapel of Beaumont College)

03/03/72

GV
II

Chapel for the Jesuit College, later offices and hotel. 1870 by Hansom, interior decorated by JF Bentley in 1873-6. Stock brick, Bath stone, tile, coped gabled roof rising above the buildings of Beaumont College (qv).

EXTERIOR: east gable: is of decorated brick with a large rose window.

North front: six bays. Round-headed blind arcade on the top level with Bath stone impost blocks and continuous sill; projecting brick eaves.

INTERIOR: a floor and ceiling has been inserted and the walls have been lined, all c1970. The capitals of columns are still visible. The interior is reputed to be intact under the linings and has a barrel vaulted roof and an arcade of round arches to a single north aisle. All were plastered with painted designs in Raphael-esque style. Reredos in Venetian Renaissance style.

Listing NGR: SU9905773255

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26413085

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Recommended Books

• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)