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Latitude: 50.8402 / 50°50'24"N
Longitude: -3.2268 / 3°13'36"W
OS Eastings: 313715
OS Northings: 105240
OS Grid: ST137052
Mapcode National: GBR LW.W6BY
Mapcode Global: FRA 464W.6Q6
Plus Code: 9C2RRQRF+37
Entry Name: Wolford Chapel
Listing Date: 22 February 1955
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1146636
English Heritage Legacy ID: 86591
ID on this website: 101146636
Location: East Devon, EX14
County: Devon
District: East Devon
Civil Parish: Dunkeswell
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Dunkeswell St Nicholas
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
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DUNKESWELL
WOOLFORD
Wolford Chapel
22.2.55
II
Chapel belonging to Canada. 1800, built by Lieutenant General John Graves Simcoe, restored circa 1966. Local stone rubble with limestone ashlar detail; slate roof.
Plan: small chapel is rectangular in plan with the entrance in the west end.
Exterior: both long sides (north and south) have two window fronts of square-headed single light windows containing Decorated tracery. In the west end the doorway is a two-centred arch with hoodmould and directly above is a quatrefoil oculus. There is a chamfered plinth around the building and below it, on the east, west and south sides, are a series of arch-headed niches, most of which contain slate plaques in memory of various members of the Simcoe family. The roof is gable-ended with shaped barge boards.
Interior: the roof structure is hidden by a plaster segmental vault. The walls are plastered and the floor is laid with C19 tiles. Carved oak reredos in Gothic style and including painted panels of the Lords Prayer and Commandments. Beerstone ashlar altar in Gothic style. Oak altar rail on cast iron standards. The oak reading desk the pews and wainscotting incorporate a great deal of C17 carved pieces including linenfold panels, chip-carved lunettes flowers and the like. The font is Beerstone and Gothic in style. There are some probably C18 lozenge-shaped boards on the walls painted with armorial bearings. A plaque also records that in 1966 the deeds of the chapel were handed to the Prime Minister of Ontario by Sir Geoffrey Harmsworth whose family previously owned restored and maintained the chapel.
It is the burial place of Lieutenant General John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806) who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, now Ontario, and was the founder of the city of York, now Toronto. The chapel is apparently built on the site of Old Wulphere Church.
Listing NGR: ST1371505240
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