Eaton Chapel
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| Eaton Chapel | |
  Shown within Cheshire
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Eaton Hall near Eccleston, Cheshire, England |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican |
| District | Diocese of Chester |
| Ecclesiastical status | Private chapel |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Alfred Waterhouse |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Year completed | 1884 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Buff sandstone Grey slate roof |
Eaton Chapel is a private chapel to the north of Eaton Hall in Eaton Park, near the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ415607). It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
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[edit] History
The chapel was built in 1873–84 to a design by Alfred Waterhouse for the 1st Duke of Westminster.[1]
[edit] Structure
It is built in buff sandstone and has a grey slate roof. It consists of a five bay nave and a 3 bay chancel with an apse. There is a six-stage tower with a corbelled clock-chamber above which is by a gabled and pinnacled spire. The tower is linked to the chapel by a two storey wing with a bridge above it.[1]
[edit] Fittings and furniture
The altar is at the west end.[2] In the chapel are mosaics and stained glass by Frederick Shields and a recumbent effigy of Constance, Duchess of Westminster who died in 1884 by Joseph Boehm.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Images of England: Eaton Chapel. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 209. ISBN 0 300 09588 0.
