| Summary: | St. Lawrence's chapel. Mentioned in 1301, but must have existed earlier. As it was an episcopal chapel it did not require a licence and was not mentioned in the registers. On august 5 1314 bishop stapledon issued a charter founding st. Lawrence's chantry. On august 3 1371 bishop brantynghan confirmed stapledon's charter. The chapel may have been enlarged or rebuilt in this period. The chantry was suppressed after the act (1546-7), but the building was to continue in use as a school. A large room was added to the east of the tower. Lists of contents inventoried at bishop bytton's visitation of 1301 given. The school was closed in 1838 (no reference given). Built by bishop stapledon. In 1875 being used as the grammar school, only the tower and the east wall remaining of the original building (amery). Vis=17/7/1951 (os). The tower of st. Lawrence's chapel is in good condition and stands at the sw end of xvii century school building. No longer used as a grammar school. St. Lawrence's chapel was repaired in the first half of the 18th century (hanham,1962). St. Lawrence's chapel came to have the status of a guild chapel belonging to the burgesses of the borough of ashburton. In 1593 a document states that the building was in a bad state of repair (hanham,1967). Tower of xiv century chantry chapel of four storeys, mostly roughcast. Stair turret in north-west angle. Embattled parapet with angle pinnacles. One perpendicular window (doe). |
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