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Roman Catholic Chapel approximately 20 metres north of Rudding Park House

A Grade II Listed Building in Follifoot, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9739 / 53°58'25"N

Longitude: -1.4923 / 1°29'32"W

OS Eastings: 433396

OS Northings: 453207

OS Grid: SE333532

Mapcode National: GBR LQ0H.Q7

Mapcode Global: WHD9S.1CNX

Plus Code: 9C5WXGF5+G3

Entry Name: Roman Catholic Chapel approximately 20 metres north of Rudding Park House

Listing Date: 12 December 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1188365

English Heritage Legacy ID: 330678

ID on this website: 101188365

Location: Moorside, North Yorkshire, HG3

County: North Yorkshire

District: Harrogate

Civil Parish: Follifoot

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Spofforth with Kirk Deighton

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: Chapel

Description


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SE 35 SW
4/15

FOLLIFOOT
RUDDING LANE (east side, off)
Roman Catholic Chapel approximately 20 metres north of Rudding Park House

GV
II

Roman Catholic Chapel of 1877 to 1879 by AE Purdie for Sir Percival Radcliffe, Bt. Coursed, rock-faced gritstone and ashlar, Westmorland slate roof. Five-bay nave with clerestory and side aisles, two-bay chancel with side-chapels and (added in 1907, also by Purdie) octagonal mortuary chapel attached to east end. A very large chapel in High Victorian Gothic style, with five-light east window with cinquefoils and quatrefoil openings. above. Four-light west window above main entrance. Stepped buttresses, ashlar gable copings, bellcote over junction between nave and chancel. The mortuary chapel has ornate crocketed pinnacles and a steep roof.

Interior: nave:circular piers of polished Aberdeen granite with naturalistic capitals. Other columns of pink marble with foliate capitals flank clerestory windows, and groups of three angels with musical instruments support triple columns of chancel arch. Elaborate reredos with flanking doorways, all with carvings of saints and crockets. Original fittings and furniture.

HISTORICAL NOTE: the elaborate NW porch with stepped buttresses and octagonal stair vice is the base of an intended but unfinished tower and steeple that formed part of Purdie’s original designs.

Listing NGR: SE3339653207

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