Description

938/6/183 KIRKGATE
14-JUL-53 (South side)
CHAPEL OF ST MARY ON EAST SIDE OF WAKE
FIELD BRIDGE

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Chapel, projecting to east of central arch, circa 1350. 3-bays, resting on
high, blank undercroft with foundation in the water. Ashlar with parapet of
ogee blank arcading (C19 restoration). Square headed large windows with chamfered reveals, headstopped drip moulds and flamboyant tracery. Octagonal corner pinnacles. West front in reproduction of the decayed original (now at Kettlethorpe Hall, qv). Five narrow bays hold three doors, tmceried panels between, narrow outer sections, Elaborate framing of crocketed ogee arches within ornamented gables. Tall parapet with five relief panels from the lives of Christ and the Virgin. 5-light east window, similar tracery to sides. Interior shows rebuilt roof of old timber, panels with borders and bosses, applied tracery in east bay. Leafy carving on tie beams and tracery above. At north-east corner a small newel staircase. Crocketed spirelet above replaced figure of saint on east wall. Piscina with crocketed ogee head.

Listing NGR: SE3382320140

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15209066

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)