Building record MLI33899 - Chapel House, Woolsthorpe

Summary

Chapel House, Woolsthorpe.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1100 AD? to 1700 AD?)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1100 AD? to 1700 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

A small, single storey stone cottage with 19th century windows and doors. The end wall contains a built up 12th century arch, the only apparent trace of the buildings original purpose. According to White, the building was formerly a chapel of ease, and still retains a Gothic window and a Norman arch. {1}{2}{3}{4} The plain blocked arch is at the east end of the cottage. In the attic the other side of the arch carries chevron ornaments. No Gothic window was seen. The cottage is locally believed to have been the manor chapel. {5} Formally a chapel of ease, and now a small single storey cottage with a garret, built out of the nave of the chapel. It has 12th century stonework but with many later 18th, 19th and 20th century alterations. It is built of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and has a pantile roof. In one of the gable ends is a blocked 12th century arch with plain imposts, which was the chancel arch of the original chapel. At first floor level, the chancel arch is exposed with a double order of chevron moulding and a chamfered hood mould. The imposts have incised cross carving. This is said to have been the chapel where Isaac Newton worshipped. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. COLSTERWORTH. SK 92 SW: 13, 1965, DA. Photograph of arch GP.AO.65.39.2..
  •  Unpublished Document: Ministry of Housing and Local Gov. 1960. MHLG. 2478A.11.A.
  •  Cartographic Notes: Ordnance Survey. 1903-08. Object Name Books, Lincolnshire. 130 SE.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1882. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Fourth Edition. -.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. COLSTERWORTH. SK 92 SW: S, 1977,.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 11/31.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 92281 24404 (17m by 11m) Surveyed
Non Parish Area Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire
Civil Parish COLSTERWORTH, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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