Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel Mortimer West End, England
Listed Building Data
Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1339519
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 25 April 1980
- Name
- COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL
- Location
- COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL, CHAPEL LANE
- Parish
- Mortimer West End
- District
- Basingstoke and Deane
- County
- Hampshire
- Grid Reference
- SU 61661 64187
- Easting
- 461661.2000
- Northing
- 164187.3703
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
SU 66 SW MORTIMER WEST END CHAPEL LANE 1/1 25.4.80 Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel GV II*
1798, and circa 1805. A notable non-denominational chapel of first date, remodelled at the later date, with re-orientation of the interior causing a change of entrance from the west to the south side. In 1826 the property was transferred to the trustees of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connection. The interior is almost a square, formed by 2 equal east-west units and a narrow north aisle, the roof being supported on 2 thick columns (under the valley of the double pitch) and 2 thinner columns (separating the aisle). There are 3 bays, with the columns linked by arch-braced tie-beams, supporting Queenposts, resulting in a flat ceiling at collar level, with sloping sides, continuing to a lower level above the north aisle; with a dormer in the centre of each side of the southern unit. The doorway leads into a panelled lobby, giving entrance on each side to north-south passageways between the central set of bench pews and each outer set. The pulpit is in the centre of the north aisle. Tile roofing, 1/2-hipped at the west side, where the ridge masks the inner valley; plain brick fillet at the eaves; the south dormer is under an 'eyebrow'. Walling is red brickwork in Flemish bond with blue headers, a rubbed flat arch to the wide west window, cambered arches to other windows. Square leaded casements, the west of 7-lights. The south elevation is symmetrical with the dormer (cill at eaves level) above the central doorway, which is flanked by a window on each side. There are plain double doors each of 3 panels. Above the west window a brick is incised with the date 1798.
