Listed Building: ABBEY GATE COLLEGE CHAPEL (FORMERLY SAIGHTON GRANGE CHAPEL) (1130671)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 34, 3, 172
Date assigned 02 November 1983
Date last amended

Description

SJ 46 SW SAIGHTON C.P. CHAPEL LANE (East side) 3/172 Abbey Gate College Chapel (formerly Saighton Grange Chapel) GV II Chapel, circa 1870, for 2nd or 3rd Marquis of Westminster. Red sandstone with tiled roof. A gabled, rectangular building, simple in expression. The open gable belfry has one bell under a short, square spire. A tall stone chimney, on ridge, has a round flue. Recessed porch in (ritual) south-west corner opens under a corbelled stone lintel to the end and under two post-and-lintel openings to the side. Four stained glass windows on (ritual) south side, 3 with late C19 glass, 1 late C20. Cross in patterned brickwork in (ritual) south gable. Hardwood door of 6 double panels. Designed in conjunction with, and to complement the character of the Grange. Listing NGR: SJ4432161825

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Sources (2)

  • Client Report: Peter de Figueiredo (Independent Consultant). 2017. Abbey Gate College VI Form Centre and Science Block, Saighton, Cheshire: Heritage Assessment. R4569. N/A. N/A.
  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 55370. [Mapped features: #4355 55370; #9660 55370]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 4432 6182 (9m by 8m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ46SW
Civil Parish SAIGHTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Apr 20 2022 2:00PM