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

• Wikidata Q26584641

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