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| HER Number: | MDV11437 |
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| Name: | Chapel at Weycroft Manor, Axminster |
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Summary
A private chapel was licensed here in 1417. A garden wall containing blocked arched windows and an arched entrance probably incorporates some of the remains.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 308 998 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY39NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Axminster |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AXMINSTER |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY39NW/2/1
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GARDEN WALL (Built, Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
- CHAPEL (First mentioned, XIV - 1317 AD to 1317 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, SY39NW2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV124411.
Other details: Plan.
Untitled Source, 308 (Migrated Record). SDV15340.
Only a few windows survive in a garden wall.
Oliver, G., 1840, Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon, Vol. 2, 47 (Monograph). SDV35446.
Other details: Revised Edition.
Wilkin, W. H., 1932 - 1933, Old Windows at Axminster, 279 (Article in Serial). SDV124412.
Wilkin, W. H., 1935, Axminster notes, 309 (Article in Serial). SDV124406.
Licence granted 1417 to Thomas Brock for a chapel "infra mansionem suam de wycroft". Chapel has completely disappeared, but three windows, one lancet, the others square-headed are in the garden wall which divides the two houses. In a poor state. Near the wall is a doorway with pointed arch, original location unknown.
Ordnance Survey, 1957, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV124409.
Unable to locate chapel.
Department of Environment, 1960, Axminster RD, 3 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV337333.
Included with Weycroft Hall. Remains of chapel with 3 light window.
Delderfield, E., 1976, Untitled Source, 27 (Article in Serial). SDV124473.
Chapel at Weycroft. An oratory or chapel attached for which a licence granted 1417 (citing Polwhele). Sited midway between Weycroft Manor and Weycroft Hall; remains of chapel with walls still standing, blocked doors, windows and niches. Other details: DCRA Scrapbook 2.
Department of Environment, 1983, Axminster, 28 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV117703.
Garden Wall immediately South South West of Weycroft Hall. Medieval origin. Now a kitchen garden wall. Stone rubble with some blocked arched windows and arched entrance. The Bishop of Stafford licensed a private chapel in 1417 and this wall probably incorporates some of the remains.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV117703 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1983. Axminster. Historic Houses Register. A4 Comb Bound. 28. |
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| SDV124406 | Article in Serial: Wilkin, W. H.. 1935. Axminster notes. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 67. 309. |
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| SDV124409 | Site Visit: Ordnance Survey. 1957. |
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| SDV124411 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey. SY39NW2. OSA. |
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| SDV124412 | Article in Serial: Wilkin, W. H.. 1932 - 1933. Old Windows at Axminster. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 17. A4 Hardback. 279. |
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| SDV124473 | Article in Serial: Delderfield, E.. 1976. Western Morning News. 27. |
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| SDV15340 | Migrated Record: 308. |
| SDV337333 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1960. Axminster RD. Historic Houses Register. A4 Spiral Bound. 3. |
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| SDV35446 | Monograph: Oliver, G.. 1840. Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon, Vol. 2. Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon. 2. Digital. 47. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV11436 | Part of: Weycroft Manor House (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 11 2024 8:43AM |
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