Description

YORK

SE6052SE BEDERN
1112-1/14/24 (South West side)
14/06/54 Bedern Chapel
(Formerly Listed as:
BEDERN
Fragment of the Bedern Chapel)

GV II*

Formerly known as: St Peter's Chapel BEDERN.
Chapel of the College of Vicars Choral of York Minster; now
store room. 1252; altered in mid C14 and later; renovated and
re-roofed in late C20. Original building of magnesian
limestone ashlar and rubble; west gable wall rebuilt in red
brick in random bond with limestone quoins; pantile roof.
EXTERIOR: north front to street: 1-storey 4-bay front.
Entrance at western end through C20 door in chamfered opening
with 2-centred head. Windows are of 2- and 3-lights, blocked
below transoms and with square latticed glazing above:
diamond-section mullions largely renewed. East of centre
window is truncated concave niche. All openings have splayed
openings and sloping sills.
INTERIOR: east end: long rectangular recess with flat arch of
chamfered stones: reset scalloped capital and tapering
brackets in centre and at each end.
North side: at western end, doorway has square jambs and
chamfered flattened 2-centred rere-arch; above, to right,
quarter-round gallery corbel; at eastern end, remains of
aumbry with chamfered lintel.
South side: at eastern end, keel-moulded doorway with
2-centred head blocked on outside; at western end, remains of
blocked second door.
West end: blocked central doorway to right of blocked aumbry
in rebated surround. All window openings are splayed.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 58-60).

Listing NGR: SE6050952139

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550088

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)