Sedbergh School Chapel

Sedbergh School Chapel
Location Sedbergh, Cumbria, England
Coordinates 54°19′13″N 2°31′38″W / 54.3204°N 2.5272°W / 54.3204; -2.5272Coordinates: 54°19′13″N 2°31′38″W / 54.3204°N 2.5272°W / 54.3204; -2.5272
OS grid reference SD 658 918
Architect Austin and Paley
Architectural style(s) Gothic Revival
Governing body Sedbergh School
Former Listed Building – Grade II*
Delisted 14 June 1984
Reference no. 1384171
Location in Cumbria

Sedbergh School Chapel is located to the southeast of Sedbergh School, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England. It is considered to be of architectural importance and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1][lower-alpha 1]

History

In 1890 a temporary wooden chapel was built to replace an earlier chapel serving the school, but this was badly damaged by wind in 1893. The Lancaster architects Austin and Paley were commissioned to design a new chapel. This was built in 1895–97 at a cost of £7,827 (equivalent to £800,000 as of 2015).[3][4]

Architecture

The chapel is constructed in yellow sandstone with stone slate roofs. Its architectural style is Perpendicular. The church has a cruciform plan, with a nave and chancel under one roof, north and south transepts, and a north porch.[1] There are north and south aisles, which are narrow and low, forming passages down the side of the church, and creating a tall clerestory. At the crossing is a large octagonal flèche.[4] In the chancel are a sedilia, a piscina, and a carved reredos. The windows contain stained glass by Kempe.[1] The two-manual pipe organ was made by Nigel Church, and was previously in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, and was installed in the chapel in 1994 by David Wells of Liverpool.[5] It replaced a three-manual organ made in 1897 by Norman Brothers and Beard, which had been rebuilt in about 1954 by Wilkinson and Son of Kendal.[6]

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Grade II* is the middle of the three categories of grading and is applied to buildings that are "particularly important buildings of more than special interest".[2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Chapel at Sedbergh School (1384171)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 December 2012
  2. ↑ Listed Buildings, Historic England, retrieved 4 April 2015
  3. ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  4. 1 2 Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 146–147, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
  5. ↑ Yorkshire, West Riding (Cumbria), Sedbergh, Sedbergh School Chapel (D03187), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 11 December 2012
  6. ↑ Yorkshire, West Riding (Cumbria), Sedbergh, Sedbergh School Chapel (N14933), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 11 December 2012
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