Description

NY 54 NW HESKET ARMATHWAITE

3/142 The Chapel of Christ
& St Mary

II

Chapel. Early C17 with early C20 restoration. Large blocks of dressed red
sandstone, under graduated sandstone slate roof with coped gables and cross
finials. 3-bay continuous nave and chancel, with west open bellcote; and C20
north vestry with flat roof and shaped parapets. C20 oak plank south door in
hollow-chamfered surround. Restored round-headed windows. East window of 2
round-headed lights under hoodmould, also a restoration. Interior has C17 open
timber roof of kingpost trusses. 2 hatchment panels of arms to the Milbournes
of Armathwaite Castle. 1914 stained glass window by Morris & Co and one of 1915
by A.L. Moore & Son, London, after a painting by Peter Paul Rubens. West window
signed Nicholson, London, 1937. Various C19 white marble wall plaques to
occupants of Armathwaite Castle. Late C19 furnishings and fittings.

Listing NGR: NY5059946200

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438640

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House