Description

TAWSTOCK HARRACOTT
SS 52 NE
4/73 Harracott Chapel
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- II

Chapel, now converted to private dwelling. 1842. Roughly dressed stone rubble with
ashlar dressings. Slate roofs with coped gable ends. Ashlar bell turret with bell
at apex of west gable end.
Uniform plan with short chancel, nave, low south and north transepts and west porch.
Diagonal buttresses. All windows are pointed arched with rusticated ashlar
surrounds, cusped headed lights and hoodmoulds. 3-light windows to east and west
ends with stained glass intact. Infilled single light windows to chancel and 2-
light windows flanking transepts on each side of nave with stained glass to the
traceried heads. Pointed arched doorway to west porch with studded door with
decorative strap hinges. Plaque above with verse from Psalm 127: "Except The Lord
Build the House/Their Labour is But Lost that Built it". Built at the expense of
Rev. Bourchier Wrey, as was the parsonage, now Harracott House (q.v).

Listing NGR: SS5603826456

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545443

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)