Tower of Chapel of St Margaret
TOWER OF CHAPEL OF ST MARGARET, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1086550
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Tower of Chapel of St Margaret
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER OF CHAPEL OF ST MARGARET, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1086550
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Tower of Chapel of St Margaret
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWER OF CHAPEL OF ST MARGARET, MAIN STREET
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.
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:
- TOWER OF CHAPEL OF ST MARGARET, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cumbria
- District:
- South Lakeland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Over Staveley
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 47136 98176
Details
SD 49 NE,
6/27
OVER STAVELEY,
MAIN STREET (east side),
Staveley,
Tower of Chapel of St Margaret
12/02/62
G.V.
II*
Tower only (Church demolished 1865). Said to have been founded in 1388.
Probably late C14 or early C15 with later alterations. Rubble with limestone
dressings; C20 limestone pinnacles and coping to parapet. West doorway has
moulded jambs and round-arched head under hood-mould with defaced labels; square
headed window above of three trefoiled lights with hood mould and labels with small
round headed niche to either side; bell opening with stone surround and slate
louvres; gable with clock in memory of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and
plaque dated 1887. Plaque commemorating the men of Staveley who served in the
South African campaign (1900-1901). East wall has square headed window of two
trefoiled lights inserted in blocked opening.
Listing NGR: SD4713698176
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 3 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 76488
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 3 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4216
War Memorials Online, accessed 3 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/174997
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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