List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHAPEL OF ST MARY ON EAST SIDE OF WAKEFIELD BRIDGE
List Entry Number: 1258242
Location
CHAPEL OF ST MARY ON EAST SIDE OF WAKEFIELD BRIDGE, KIRKGATE
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Wakefield
District Type: Metropolitan Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 14-Jul-1953
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 444626
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List Entry Description
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History
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Details
938/6/183 KIRKGATE
14-JUL-53 (South side)
CHAPEL OF ST MARY ON EAST SIDE OF WAKE
FIELD BRIDGE
I
Chapel, projecting to east of central arch, circa 1350. 3-bays, resting on
high, blank undercroft with foundation in the water. Ashlar with parapet of
ogee blank arcading (C19 restoration). Square headed large windows with chamfered reveals, headstopped drip moulds and flamboyant tracery. Octagonal corner pinnacles. West front in reproduction of the decayed original (now at Kettlethorpe Hall, qv). Five narrow bays hold three doors, tmceried panels between, narrow outer sections, Elaborate framing of crocketed ogee arches within ornamented gables. Tall parapet with five relief panels from the lives of Christ and the Virgin. 5-light east window, similar tracery to sides. Interior shows rebuilt roof of old timber, panels with borders and bosses, applied tracery in east bay. Leafy carving on tie beams and tracery above. At north-east corner a small newel staircase. Crocketed spirelet above replaced figure of saint on east wall. Piscina with crocketed ogee head.
Listing NGR: SE3382320140
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Map
National Grid Reference: SE 33823 20140
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