Description

CIRENCESTER

SP0001 A 429
578-1/5/5 (North West side)
23/07/71 Royal Agricultural College Chapel
(Formerly Listed as:
TETBURY ROAD
Royal Agricultural College)

GV II

Chapel. c1846-1850. By SW Daukes. Coursed squared limestone
with ashlar dressings; artificial stone slate roof with coped
verges with paired trefoil head stops over kneelers.
Five-bay rectangular plan. Decorated style. South side has
four 2-light pointed windows with traceried heads, clear
leaded glass, hoodmoulds; studded plank door with decorative
strap hinges in moulded stone surround with pointed head and
hoodmould to westernmost bay; similar smaller door to
easternmost bay. 5 buttresses with weathered offsets. Deep
plinth with chamfered offset and moulded top; top course of
weathered offset on buttresses continued as weathered band
course below windows. Moulded stone eaves cornice. Probable
base of former cross or finial at apex of west gable, stone
cross at apex of east gable. East end has 4-light window in
similar style to south side with stained glass; triangular
window with Decorated tracery in gable above. North side of
chapel similar to south side.
INTERIOR has west gallery with stone tracery and carved
ornament on agricultural themes including arms of college to
front, stone screen below with glazed lights with cusped
heads; stone fireplace in gothic style below gallery, closed
string stick baluster staircase to gallery. Three tiers of
panelled oak pews with poppyhead decoration; octagonal stone
font with carved decoration; octagonal oak pulpit with carved
panelled sides on moulded stone base; carved oak desk and
chair in similar style to pews. Stone arcade lining chancel
walls with pointed cusped heads on marble columns, brass
memorial plates on carved stone panels behind. Ball-flower
decoration to cornice and window hoods with carved stops.
5-bay arch-braced roof with angel corbels, 2 tiers of
windbraces, trenched purlins.
C19 organ Gray and Davison, London in gallery. Stained glass
in E window by Paul Quail c 1964 in memory of Robert "Bobby"
Boutflour, Principal of College 1931-58 whose ideas on feeding
dairy cows have revolutionised dairy industry throughout
world.
Chapel constructed shortly after main College building because
of complaints from parishioners that students monopolised pews
in Cirencester Parish Church on Sundays.
(The Buildings of England: David Verey: Gloucestershire: The
Cotswolds: London: 1970-: P 183; Information displayed inside
Chapel).

Listing NGR: SP0046801252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586183

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)