Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA0928NE PRINCE'S DOCK STREET
680-1/22/308 (East side (off))
13/10/52 Chapel at Hull Trinity House and
statue outside east front
(Formerly Listed as:
PRINCE'S DOCK STREET (OFF)
Chapel of Trinity House)

GV II

Chapel. Dated 1842. By HF Lockwood. Painted stucco with hipped
slate roof. Classical revival style. Plinth, string course,
moulded cornice and blocking.
Rusticated east front has 4 giant Greek pilasters, entablature
and pediment. Central stained-glass window flanked by 8-panel
double doors with overlights, all with pilastered surrounds
and cornices. In front, a large sculpture of Oceanus
reclining, 1828 by Thomas Earle. This was removed from the
Trinity Almshouses and resited here in 1934.
West front has rusticated ground floor and a central corniced
portico with paired Greek pilasters flanking a pilastered
doorcase with a pair of 8-panel doors and overlight. Above, a
Diocletian window with moulded surround and keystone.
INTERIOR has a square central space with Corinthian pilasters,
dentillated cornice and ribbed groin vault, with a Diocletian
window to north and south, each with a stained-glass coat of
arms. To east, a coffered apse framed by Corinthian pilasters,
with a stained-glass east window, 1840, by M Stangroom,
flanked by Corinthian columns. On either side, a moulded
doorcase and cornice ornamented with seahorses, with a curved
6-panel door. At the west end, a coffered barrel vault with
Diocletian window, flanked by 2 flat ceilings on Corinthian
square columns. Under the vault, a panelled wooden gallery
with 2 wooden columns. On either side, a 12-pane sash. At the
rear, a pair of 6-panel doors.
Western entrance lobby has a wooden cantilever stair with
winders and cast-iron lotus balustrade. Moulded panelled
doors.
Fittings include an altar table from the former chapel c1770,
with a polygonal marble slab supported by a gilt eagle, by Sir
William Chambers. Double deck square oak pulpit. early C19
organ. C20 stalls with shaped armrests. Box pews. Monuments
include a facsimile of the Ferres Monument from Holy Trinity
(qv), and a tablet.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: York and The East
Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 273; Harvey A S: The Trinity
House of Kingston Upon Hull: Hull: 1950-).

Listing NGR: TA0982028637

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584641

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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