Berkeley's Hospital: Chapel
BERKELEY'S HOSPITAL: CHAPEL, THE FOREGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1390199
- Date first listed:
- 22-May-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Berkeley's Hospital: Chapel
- Statutory Address:
- BERKELEY'S HOSPITAL: CHAPEL, THE FOREGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1390199
- Date first listed:
- 22-May-1954
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Jun-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Berkeley's Hospital: Chapel
- Statutory Address 1:
- BERKELEY'S HOSPITAL: CHAPEL, THE FOREGATE
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:
- BERKELEY'S HOSPITAL: CHAPEL, THE FOREGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Worcester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 84902 55117
Details
WORCESTER
SO8455SE THE FOREGATE
620-1/12/612 (West side)
22/05/54 Berkeley's Hospital:
Chapel
(Formerly Listed as:
FOREGATE
(West side)
Berkeley's Hospital
(North and South ranges
with gateway and Chapel
at West end)
GV I
Chapel. Dated 1703 above entrance, with later restorations.
Endowed by Robert Berkeley. Reddish-orange brick in Flemish
bond with ashlar plinth (renewed), quoins and architraves;
plain tile roof, splayed and hipped. Single tall storey, 4
windows. Moulded plinth, quoins to full height. Central
entrance: double 10-raised-and-fielded-panel door with
L-hinges; bolection moulded architrave and dated keystone
between pilasters with acanthus corbel brackets to cornice,
pulvinated frieze and broken segmental pediment with coat of
arms. Above a statue of Robert Berkeley in round-arched niche.
Round-arched windows with tooled architraves and keystones,
moulded sills. Band over windows. Modillion cornice with
curvilinear modillion 'pediment' and crowning cupola. Rear: 3
straight-headed windows in tooled architraves, one similar
window to west end; to east end a round-arched window; windows
have coloured glass.
INTERIOR: plain, with quarry tile floor.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the almshouses (qv) and Chapel were endowed
by Robert Berkeley of Spetchley in 1692 for 12 poor men.
The Chapel occupies the west side of a courtyard with
Berkeley's Hospital: almshouses, gate lodges, piers and gates
(qv) to other sides, forming an important example of
Renaissance planning and one of the finest almshouse groups in
England.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489169
- 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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