CHAPEL OF ST SILAS
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1157325
- Date first listed:
- 16-Oct-1967
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL OF ST SILAS, BOLLINGHAM
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL OF ST SILAS, BOLLINGHAM
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Eardisley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 30173 52695
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28/08/2015
SO 35 SW
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EARDISLEY CP, Bollingham,
Chapel of St Silas
(Formerly listed as Bollingham Chapel, A 4111 (west side))
16.10.67
II*
Chapel. Probably C13, restored in 1867 and 1890. Sandstone rubble with
ashlar dressings and stone-tiled roof laid in diminishing courses. Three-
bay nave with west bellcote and south porch and two-bay chancel. Nave: 2-
light C19 west window with hoodmould and head stops. North elevation was
refaced in C19 and has a buttress with offsets to east of centre, a 2-light
window and two cusped lancets, all C19. South elevation has similar windows.
West bellcote is C19 and gabled with a gabled finial to the centre of the
ridge. There are two pointed arched openings with imposts and a bell in
the northern opening. South porch is C19 and gabled with a pointed timber
archway and scissor-truss roof. The south doorway has a chamfered timber
cambered head and chamfered ashlar jambs. Chancel has a C19 east window
of three lights with hoodmould and head stops. In the south elevation is a
C19 cusped lancet, to the west of which is a medieval carved corbel. Interior:
C19 pointed chancel arch of two chamfered orders, the inner on moulded corbels.
Nave has a C14 or C15 roof with arch-braced collar trusses and king-post trusses,
moulded wall-plates and a single tier of cusped wind-braces (partly renewed).
The chancel roof is also medieval in part and has a central C19 arch-braced
collar truss. Font is C19, stone with octagonal bowl on four columns with
ornate capitals. Font of similar date, three-sided with engaged columns.
There is a stoup east of the south doorway. Memorials: in the nave is a
ledger slab to Sarah Higgins, died 1711. (RCHM, III, p 52, item 2).
Listing NGR: SO3017352695
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 150592
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire III North West, (1934), 52
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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