Description

CREDITON

SS80SW OLD TIVERTON ROAD
672-1/1/132 Cemetery Chapel
19/03/51

II

Cemetery chapel, formerly 'No Mans' chapel of ease at
Thorverton, dismantled and re-erected as the cemetery chapel
in 1926. C14 origins, possibly restored in the late C19, moved
and rebuilt 1926 following danger of demolition. Local
volcanic ashlar, some volcanic, some Bathstone dressings,
slate roof.
Plan: Simple 2-bay chapel with (ritual) west end and (ritual)
south side doorways and a west end bellcote. Re-erected on a
low stone rubble platform and re-aligned on an approximate
north-south axis, the ritual east end to the north.
Exterior: Small gabled chapel with a chamfered plinth;
diagonal buttresses with set-offs and coped gables with
kneelers, cross on east end gable. Probably late C19 3-light
east window preserving moulded medieval jambs; the hoodmould
with label stops, Flamboyant head tracery and mullions with
moulded capitals are probably late C19, possibly copying the
medieval original. The west end has an ovolo-moulded 3-centred
arch doorway with a plank door with strap hinges below a
probably C19 2-light traceried window with a hoodmould, label
stops and mullions with capitals. Gabled coped bellcote with a
round-headed chamfered opening, bell misssing. The (ritual)
south side has a chamfered 3-centred arch doorway slightly to
west of centre. To the east a largely late C14 Decorated
2-light window with hoodmould and label stops, the principal
lights with cinquefoil heads. The (ritual) north side has a
matching window.
Interior: Not inspected.
The chapel was re-erected by the Exeter Diocesan Architectural
Society.
(Transactions of the Exeter Doicesan Architectural Society:
3rd series: Exeter: 126-127).

Listing NGR: SS8412800787

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580622

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)