Duxford Chapel

Duxford Chapel.

Duxford Chapel is a chapel that was once part of the Hospital of St. John at Duxford, in Cambridgeshire, England.

Built in the 14th century, only the chapel survives today.^[1]

The Chapel of the Hospital of St John the Baptist is a small rectangular chapel which mostly dates to around 1337 and was built using flint rubble for the walls and limestone for the doorways and windows. Some sections of the building, including a small part of the southern wall, are considered to date from its 13th century predecessor, which formed part of a hospital. ^[2]

The chapel is a single storey building. The main entrance is near the western end of the north wall. There are two similar doors in the south wall, one directly opposite the main entrance, the other (a priest's door) located towards the eastern end. The north wall is pierced by four windows, dated to circa 1330-1360, each containing a single light with tracery of trefoil design. The four windows on the southern side are of similar date and design, although each formerly contained two lights divided by a central mullion.^[3]

In 1548 the chapel was suppressed during the dissolution of chantries in the reign of Edward VI and sometime after 1554 the chapel was used as a barn. ^[4]

The chapel was acquired and restored by the Ministry of Works in 1947-54 and is currently (2011) under the guardianship of English Heritage.

There are some pictures and a description at the Cambridgeshire Churches website [1].

References

1. ^ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/duxford-chapel
2. ^ David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1971 Medieval religious houses in England and Wales
3. ^ http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=370820&sort=4&search=all&criteria=duxford%20chapel&rational=q&recordsperpage=10
4. ^ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society Page(s)375-383

External Links

• History and Research on Duxford Chapel: English Heritage

Coordinates: 52°06′14″N 0°10′00″E / 52.10387°N 0.1668°E / 52.10387; 0.1668

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