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| HER Number: | 6742.40 |
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| Name: | COTEHELE - Medieval chapel |
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Summary
A small late C15 family chapel built into the north-west quadrangle of Cotehele House.
Protected Status
- Listed Building (I) 60779: RETAINERS' COURT & SCREEN WALL ATTACHED TO NORTH
- Listed Building (I) 60778: COTEHELE HOUSE
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall HER Listing No.: 9/27
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX46NW 5
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 6742.40
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX46NW 4.2
Monument Type(s):
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
There is a small late C15 family chapel built into the north-west quadrangle of Cotehele House. The chapel was greatly restored in the C19 but there are still many original features. The south window is original and has early C16 glass. There is an authentic simple ceiled wagon roof, a screen and white and green floor tiles. The pew ends are old but were brought in from somewhere else, as were two German paintings of c1500. Behind the altar is a Flemish triptych of the Adoration of the Magi dated to the C16. The altar frontal is a beautiful piece of applique work, silver on purple, with the twelve Apostles and the arms of Sir Piers Edgcumbe. On the outside of the chapel there is a little bellcote of granite with pinnacles, making it look like a holy well (b2, h1). The priest quarters were in the west wing of the house.
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Site history:
1: 1951. RIDYARD, GW/OS
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<1> Polsue, J (Editor), 1867-72, Lake's Parochial History of Cornwall, VOL 1, 176 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4139.
<2> Pevsner, N, 1951, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 56-57 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4126.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO4139 - Bibliographic reference: Polsue, J (Editor). 1867-72. Lake's Parochial History of Cornwall. VOL 1, 176. |
| [2] | SCO4126 - Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1951. The Buildings of England: Cornwall. 56-57. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO3325 - The NT Archaeological Survey Cotehele Estate, Cornwall
- ECO3326 - Cotehele Estate, Cornwall
Related records
| 6742 | Part of: COTEHELE - Medieval settlement (Monument) |
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