Description

SOMERFORD C.P. (Off) HOLMES CHAPEL ROAD
SJ 86 SW
4/108 Chapel at Somerford Hall
14.2.67
- II*

Chapel. Dated 1720. Red Flemish bond brick with black headers and
ashlar dressings. Hall plan. Western front: deep ashlar plinth with
chamfered top. Chamfered quoins to the corners (common to all front
corners). Central doorway with a moulded ashlar round-arched surround
and moulded springers and keystone, above which is a hood-mould.
Above this is the rectangular datestone which has a moulded surround
and reads "(illegible)/Glorey be to God on high/And on Earth
peace/Goodwill towards men/A.D. MDCCXX". Immediately above this is a
round-arched window which has a moulded ashlar surround and cuts
through an ashlar stringcourse. To the gable apex is a later circular
clock face with a board of planks. The gable has an ashlar coping and
ball finials to the apex and lower corners and to the centre of each
side. The eastern end has a similar plinth, quoins, stringcourse and
gable decoration but has one 3-light central window with round-arched
heads of early C20 date which replaces a window which rested on a
lower ashlar sill which is still evident. Above this is an oval oeil
de boeuf window to the gable. The southern side has four round arched
windows with ashlar surrounds to east and a blank bay at the western
end. The northern wall is similar with some repaired brick work at
right.
Interior: Raised and fielded panelling to the lower walls with a C19
frieze and cornice to the top. To the western end is a gallery which
is supported by two square Corinthian capitals and has a staircase at
right of 2 flights with a ramped, moulded handrail. To left is an
enclosed pew with screen of similar balusters. The front of the
gallery is of raised and fielded panels and to the rear corners are
square columns with fluting and triglyphs and guttae to the frieze and
cornice. The eastern end has a reredos which has 3 painted panels
with a portion of St Matthew's gospel at left and the creed at right.
The central panel is overlayed by a late C19/early C20 panel of
embroidery with a guilloche-moulded surround. To either side of this
are Corinthian pilasters and to the centre at top is a broken
segmental pediment between the halves of which is a pelican in her
piety. At either side are slightly sunken arched panels which now
contain marble wall monuments. The roof has 4 trusses with
queenposts, angle braces and V-struts to the apex. The eastern
triple window and one northern window are memorials to members of the
Shakerley family designed by Irene Dunlop.

Listing NGR: SJ8148264848

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• All Saints Chapel, Somerford at Wikipedia
• All Saints Chapel, Somerford official website
• Wikidata Q4729431

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets