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Summary

Chapel at petton, bampton, dedicated to the celtic saint, st. Petrock (chanter).

Summary from record MDV41579:
Petton chapel.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1306761: CHURCHYARD GATE AT PETTON CHAPEL
• Listed Building (II) 1325633: PETTON CHAPEL

Other References/Statuses

• Church of England HER: 5043
• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST02SW/31
• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST02SW/8
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHAPEL (Roman to XXI - 43 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
• CHAPEL OF EASE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52467.

Doe/hhr:bampton/(7/12/1987)38.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52468.

Des=worksheet (mcmanamon, t. )/(1994)/ss92se/126/in pf.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52609.

Chanter, j. F. /tda/42(1910)491/christianity in devon before ad 909.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52610.

Lancefield, a. P. /dcnq/2 pt.1(1902-1903)8/st. Petrock.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52611.

R. M. B. /dcnq/13(1924-1925)211/petton, bampton.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52612.

Sainthill, a. /dcnq/13(1924-1925)160/petton, bampton.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52613.

Des=mcmanamon, t. /(8/1/1993)/letter in pf.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52614.

Des=os 6" (1906) 68se.

LANCEFIELD, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV77969.

Brief reference to the chapel in an article about dedication to st. Petrock (lancefield).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.

Window possibly from chapel re-used in bampton vicarage c.1848 (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

'church' marked on os 6" (1906) map at ngr st00812447 (os).

R.M.B., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV23449.

Reference to chapel of st. Petrock here in 1368. Rebuilt in 1847 (r. M. B).

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV334693.

Petton chapel. Chapel of ease to bampton. Re-opened 1848 after thorough rebuilding by g. Boyce of tiverton, builder mr gale of bampton. Local stone rubble with slate roofs, the apse roof bitumen-painted. Plan and development: nothing of the medieval chapel is visible apart from the bells. Small, aisleless, romanesque-style chapel with an apsidal east end, west doorway and bellcote, north-east vestry. Boyces original design was modified on the advice of the exeter diocesan architectural society who recommended more correct romanesque proportions and details. Internally and externally the building is virtually unaltered since 1848. Exterior: 4-bay nave with pilasters and round-headed windows with chamfered architraves and lattice iron glazing bars string course below windows; similar pilasters and 3 windows to apse. North east vestry with round-headed east window and west doorway, small east lean-to. The west end has corner pilasters and a triple order round-headed doorway with colonnettes and capitals.2-leaf west door. Romanesque style rose west window, the lights divided by colonnettes with cushion capitals. Gabled west end bellcote for 2 bells, bells medieval. Interior: plastered walls; 4-bay arched brace nave roof on corbels; round-headed chancel arch on cushion corbels; 1 arched brace truss to the chancel, the apse decorated with pilaster ribs with zig-zag ornament. Bowl font with palmette decoration and frieze; timber drum pulpit reduced in height. Timber altar rail with chamfered standards; original benches with doors.1840 memorial tablet behind pulpit, reused from earlier church and given a zig-zag romanesque frame; stripe of red glass in east window (doe).

Mcmanamon, T., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV34125.

Cartulary of bath abbey refers to chapel at petton circa 1107. Still in use (mcmanamon).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV412.

Chapel at petton, bampton, dedicated to the celtic saint, st. Petrock (chanter).

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

McManamon, T.F., 30/07/1994, SMR Sheets for Amendment (Correspondence). SDV50406.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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