Chapel of St. Mary
Chapel of St. Mary, Theddingworth Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1187989
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Chapel of St. Mary
- Statutory Address:
- Chapel of St. Mary, Theddingworth Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1187989
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Chapel of St. Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- Chapel of St. Mary, Theddingworth Road
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:
- Chapel of St. Mary, Theddingworth Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Harborough (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Husbands Bosworth
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 64643 84407
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 March 2022 to correct architect's name and to reformat the text to current standards.
SP68 SW
8/59
HUSBANDS BOSWORTH
THEDDINGWORTH ROAD (south east side)
Chapel of St. Mary
GV
II*
Chapel. 1873 by by Gilbert Blount. Early French Gothick style, and strict Puginian principles. Rusticated limestone blockwork with ashlar dressings and roof with fish scale tiles. Nave, chancel and Lady Chapel to north. Main entrance to north west in porch with moulded arch which dies into a straight chamfer. Statue niche below gable coping that terminates in gablets. Lancet windows to nave. North chancel chapel with western rose window and angle butresses, and paired trefoiled lights; this chapel terminates in a canted apse. Chancel east window of five foiled lights with transom contained beneath three larger lancets surmounted by a rose window. Paired lancets to south and four foiled lancets lights to the west with rose window above, at an upper level and smaller grouped lancets below. All the tracery is of a spare clean design. Eastern bellcote with finial. Partially detached vestry to south with gathered chimney. Inside the church represents a complete expression of Puginian principles retaining all its original detail. West gallery with copious chamfered woodwork. Steep timber trusses to nave roof. Richly moulded chancel arch with cylindrical shafts and foliate capitals capped by square abaci. Steep rib vaulted chancel roof with quatrefoil lights of stained glass angels set into it. Two bay arcades to north Lady Chapel. Rich decorative scheme throughtout. Encaustic tiles with Turville emblems, ornate altar rails and reredos. Wall painting throughout by romaine Walker in 1900. Gilded stencils on all walls, gilded capitals above shafts painted in bands or chevrons of bright colours. The chancel walls are crowded with the figures of Saints and Angels with golden halos and wings. Stained glass by Hardman: Individual figures in each light, some as late as the 1940s. Memorial to Francis Fortescue Turville, 1889, in the Lady Chapel. A recumbent marble effigy.
Listing NGR: SP6464384407
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 191280
- 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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