Chapel of St Edmund's House (Roman Catholic)
CHAPEL OF ST EDMUND'S HOUSE (ROMAN CATHOLIC), MOUNT PLEASANT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1083566
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Chapel of St Edmund's House (Roman Catholic)
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL OF ST EDMUND'S HOUSE (ROMAN CATHOLIC), MOUNT PLEASANT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1083566
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Chapel of St Edmund's House (Roman Catholic)
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHAPEL OF ST EDMUND'S HOUSE (ROMAN CATHOLIC), MOUNT PLEASANT
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL OF ST EDMUND'S HOUSE (ROMAN CATHOLIC), MOUNT PLEASANT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Cambridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 44168 59290
Details
In the entry for:
MOUNT PLEASANT TL 4459 (west side) 15/580 Chapel of St. Edmund's House 18.5.67 (Roman Catholic) II
The description shall be amended to read:
TL 4459 CAMBRIDGE MOUNT PLEASANT (west side)
667-/15/580 Chapel of St. Edmund's House 18.05.67 (Roman Catholic) II
Roman Catholic chapel. 1915-16, to the designs of Fr. Benedict Williamson, C.SS.S; the pitch of the roof raised in 1955, and a ritual west entrance porch added by Cedric Brown. The high altar and side altars removed in 1967-8 for liturgical reasons. Brick in English bond with stone dressings; roof of tile; stone dressings inside, with nave walls plastered and painted white. Nave and chancel of four bays, that to the west narrower than the rest; clerestorey; north and south aisles with side chapels, each having a carved screen and reredos. Two steps up to chancel and side chapels in eastmost bay. Flat timber roof: tie beams with ridge and side purlins; boarded between the rafters; the narrow bay over the sacrarium and the broader bay over the chancel are decorated with painted stencils. Tudor Revival style, pared to its essentials. An austere and restrained interior where the sheer suffices and high proportions of the nave combine to good and elegant effect. Interesting example of a building designed by a Catholic priest who was also a qualified architect.
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MOUNT PLEASANT 1. 942 (West Side) Chapel of St Edmund's House (Roman Catholic) TL 4459 15/580 18.5.67. II 2. 1916. By Sir Edwin Lutyens. Brick with stone dressings. Interior has stone arcades of 4 bays with screens for side chapels.
Listing NGR: TL4416859290
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 47623
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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