Chapel of St John the Baptist
CHAPEL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1384706
- Date first listed:
- 14-Oct-1991
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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- Reference:
- IOE01/13493/31
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1384706
- Date first listed:
- 14-Oct-1991
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHAPEL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tiverton
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 95761 19330
Details
TIVERTON
SS91NE COVE
848-1/2/68 Chapel of St John the Baptist
14/10/91
II
Anglican chapel, recently redundant. 1854-5 by Edward Ashworth
of Exeter. Dressed and snecked slatestone with limestone
dressings; slate roofs with bracketed kneelers to dressed
stone coped gables. Decorated Gothic Revival style. Chancel
with north vestry and nave with south porch.
EXTERIOR: 1-bay chancel has 3-light east window and
ogee-headed 1-light side windows. north vestry has 1-light
window. 3-bay nave has finely-carved head stops to hoodmoulds
over 2-light windows with varied tracery.
INTERIOR: noted as having boarded pointed-arched roof to
chancel and braced roof to nave; double-chamfered pointed
chancel arch and chamfered pointed-arched doorway to vestry.
Fittings include Gothic style alter rail with dagger tracery;
creed boards in chancel; mid/late C19 stained glass.
A competent work by a noted local Ecclesiological architect.
Listing NGR: SS9576119330
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 485160
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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