Building record 0115201001 - CHAPEL AT WIDMERE FARM

Summary

Thirteenth century chapel, used as a brewhouse in eighteenth century and now part of a farmhouse

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II*) 1332119: WIDMERE FARMHOUSE (DBC5970)

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Type and Period (3)

  • CHAPEL (13th Century to 15th Century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)
  • BREWHOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 1340 cm Width 0700
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
C13 CHAPEL WITH CRYPT UNDERNEATH. CRYPT WAS CHAPTER-HOUSE FOR PRECEPTORY (B2,B6).
CHAPEL NOW FORMS NE WING OF FARMHOUSE (02:000)(B7).
Grade II+. Chapel is early C13 with traces of C14 windows and later alterations. Chapel to rear [of farmhouse], is of chalk rubble, rendered and whitewashed, with tiled roof. S.E. side has 3 C14 2-light windows with remains of tracery, mostly blocked. Left window has one later leaded light; centre window has board door and flap to crypt; right window has C20 door. C19 flush-panelled door to left with rectangular fanlight and flat wooden cornice hood on shaped brackets. N.E. gable has moulded mandorla, and arched head of wide blocked window. 2 blocked lancets to N.W. side. Interior: chapel has fine crypt with vaults on semi-circular wall shafts and central row of 3 cylindrical piers. Piers have small octagonal capitals. Arches supporting vaults are segmental and double-chamfered. Upper part of chapel has inserted floor and roof with coupled rafters and braced collars. RCHM I p. 169 Mon. 3 (B8).
USED AS BREWHOUSE, C18 (B9).

Sources (6)

  • <2>SBC6905 Bibliographic reference: KELKE W H 1865 DESECRATED CHURCHES IN BUCKS, RECSOFBUCKS3PP122-124"".
  • <6>SBC7711 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 P595.
  • <7>SBC12643 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P169.
  • <8>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: PARISHES OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE &C. p21.
  • <9>SBC7316 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRE D OF DESBOROUGH PP 102-105.
  • <11>SBC12279 Graphic material: John Piper. 1943?. PAINTING OF WIDMER CHAPEL (AQUIRED BY BCM IN 1997).

Location

Grid reference SU 83138 89188 (point) (Exact)
Civil Parish GREAT MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 26 2018 2:43PM

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