St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury

St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury is a Mediaeval former chapel next to the manor house in the hamlet of Chisbury, Wiltshire.

St Martin's was built in the early part of the 13th century.[1] There are written records of it from 1246 onwards and its surviving architecture is contemporary with that period.[1] The walls are faced with flint. The windows have the remains of good-quality Decorated Gothic tracery that suggests they were added in the latter part of the 13th century.[1][2]

Between 1496 and 1518 St. Martin's lacked a priest, but it was served again from then until 1547.[1] Thereafter St. Martin's lapsed from use for worship and was re-used as a barn.[1] It was re-roofed with thatch in the 19th century and is a listed building, but in 1998 its condition was semi-ruinous.[1]

It is in the guardianship of English Heritage.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Crowley, D.A. (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Smith, C.; Stevenson, Janet H.; Williamson, E. (1999). A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16: Kinwardstone hundred. Victoria County History. pp. 50–69. 
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 174. ISBN 0 14 0710.26 4. 

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