Eaton Chapel

Eaton Chapel is a private chapel to the north of Eaton Hall in Eaton Park, near the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, England (gbmapping|SJ415607). It is a Grade I listed building.cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=55260 |title=Images of England: Eaton Chapel |accessdate=2007-08-08 |publisher=English Heritage ]

History

The chapel was built in 1873–84 to a design by Alfred Waterhouse for the 1st Duke of Westminster.

tructure

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.

Fittings and furniture

The altar is at the west end. [cite book | last =Pevsner | first =Nikolaus | authorlink =Nikolaus Pevsner | coauthors =Edward Hubbard | title =The Buildings of England: Cheshire |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press| date =2003| origyear=1971| location =New Haven| pages =209 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 09588 0 ] 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.

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