Description

SU 56 NE
3/10

WOOLHAMPTON
UPPER WOOLHAMPTON
Douai Abbey Church

GV
II*

Church. 1928-33, by J Arnold Crush. Red brick with Bath stone dressings, string course carried up over windows as hoodmould, plinths and parapets of chequered flint and stone; tiled choir roof, others not visible. Free Curvilinear Gothic style. Choir, aisles, north aisle chapel and Lady chapel with polygonal apse.

Choir: two bays, that to east short. Four-light aisle windows, those to east two-lights; two-light clerestory windows, those to east of one light; clerestory to east with central three-light window flanked by cusped lancets.

Low chapel projecting from western bay to north with two two-light windows. Newel turret to north-east of choir with parapet and lancet openings. Temporary west end
with three lancets and circular window above lean-to porch.

Lady chapel: three bays, three-light windows; east window of four lights.

Interior: ashlar faced and stone vaulted throughout. Choir arcades with moulded bases and capitals, and moulded arches. The church remains unfinished. J. Arnold Crush was a pupil of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Douai is a Benedictine Abbey.

Listing NGR: SU5770468214

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552904

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings