Description

SD 30 SE; 7/97

LYDIATE,
SOUTHPORT ROAD (west side),
St. Katherine's Chapel (Lydiate Abbey)

11.10.68

G.V.

II*

Ruined chapel. Late C15 or early C16. For John or Lawrence Ireland.
Stone. 5-bay nave, south porch and west tower. Diagonal
buttresses and remains of cornice to nave. Three-light
Perpendicular south windows with transoms, tracery
remaining to central windows, between weathered buttresses.
Porch at western end now has only lower parts of walls
remaining (1985) and Tudor-arched headed to inner entrance.
Blank north wall with buttresses. East end has walls
flanking window up to springers. Tower of three stages with
dripmoulds and diagonal buttresses. West window, tracery
missing. Top 2-light bell openings. Interior has 4-centred
tower arch on half-octagonal responds.

Listing NGR: SD3639104889

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Catherine's Chapel, Lydiate at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7592749

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings