Description

LEAD CHANTRY LANE (bridle
SE 43 NE path)
(north side)

3/20 Chapel of Saint Mary
3.2.67
II*

Chapel. C12 with C13 angle buttresses and C14 windows, with later repairs.
Magnesian limestone coursed rubble with stone slate roof. 2 bays. Diagonal
buttresses to west end and angle buttresses to east, all with off-sets.
South entrance a round-arched plank door with continuously moulded surround
under hood-mould. South and north sides have 2-light, straight-headed
windows with pointed, trefoiled lights. Bell turret to west gable. East
end has 2-light pointed window with reticulated tracery under hood-mould.
Interior: stone altar table incorporates a medieval tomb slab bearing a
foliated calvary cross. Set in the floor are 5 medieval inscribed slabs to
the Tyas family. Medieval font with square base widening to circular rim.
Late medieval benches. Triple-decker C18 pulpit. Inscription to rear of
door: 'RE-DEDICATED BY THE BISHOP OF WHITBY NOV. 6TH. 1932: / BUILT ABOUT
1150 A.D. / This Chappell Repaired in 1784 / RESTORED BY VOLUNTARY LABOUR IN
CHARGE OF / JACK WINTERBURN, 1932 A.D. / REV. T. BOTTOMLEY / VICAR OF
SAXTON'. Pevsner N, Yorkshire, The West Riding, 1979, p 301.

Listing NGR: SE4642836896

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary's Chapel, Lead at Wikipedia
• St Mary's Chapel, Lead official website
• Wikidata Q7594258

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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