Description

ASHBURTON

SX7569 ST LAWRENCE LANE
849-1/10/168 (East side)
07/08/51 Chapel of St Lawrence
(Formerly Listed as:
ST LAWRENCE LANE
(East side)
St Lawrence's Tower, Old Grammar
School)

GV II*

Chantry Chapel, converted to Grammar School 1593-1983. C13;
tower added early C16; nave rebuilt mid C18; schoolrooms added
late C19 and 1911. Solid rendered walls; tower has buttresses,
quoins and parapets of exposed granite. Late C19 schoolroom in
limestone with red-brick dressings. 1911 schoolroom in
limestone and granite. Slated roofs. Nave, W tower. Late C19
schoolroom at E end 1911 schoolrooms on S side.
3-stage tower with setback buttresses; NW stair turret.
Pointed-arched W doorway with half-round and hollow mouldings;
above it a 3-light window with 4-centred arch, the lights with
cinquefoiled heads. Second stage has single-light windows with
segmental arches; similar 2-light belfry openings in third
stage. Parapet with battlements and finials. Small spire with
weather-vane. Nave has on each side 3 round-arched windows
with glazing-bars; heavily-moulded eaves-cornice. East wall
(covered by late C19 schoolroom) has a blocked triple-lancet
window. Late C19 schoolroom has pointed-arched windows with
glazing-bars. 1911 schoolroom is in a version of the Tudor
style with plain mullioned windows.
Interior: nave has good rococo plasterwork: coats-of-arms on
the walls in foliated surrounds, cornice with pendants. W
gallery with C18 turned balusters. Around the walls, school
benches with Gothic panelled fronts. The chapel was given to
the Guild of St Lawrence, Ashburton, by Bishop Stapledon of
Exeter in 1314. The chantry priest appears to have kept a
school here and still did so when the chantry was dissolved in
1546. The maintenance of the school was a condition of the
grant of 1593 to John Caunter and others.
(Dartmoor National Park: The Chapel of St Lawrence, Ashburton
(leaflet): 1988-).

Listing NGR: SX7571369846

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535437

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)