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Latitude: 51.5166 / 51°30'59"N
Longitude: -0.113 / 0°6'46"W
OS Eastings: 531027
OS Northings: 181425
OS Grid: TQ310814
Mapcode National: GBR LB.SJ
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.043R
Plus Code: 9C3XGV8P+JQ
Entry Name: The Chapel
Listing Date: 24 October 1951
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1379317
English Heritage Legacy ID: 478695
ID on this website: 101379317
Location: Holborn, Camden, London, WC2A
County: London
District: Camden
Electoral Ward/Division: Holborn and Covent Garden
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Tagged with: Chapel
CAMDEN
TQ3181SW LINCOLN'S INN
798-1/107/1046 (North side)
24/10/51 The Chapel, Old Square
GV I
Chapel over open undercroft. 1619-23 by John Clark to replace
a ruined chapel on a different site; with later alterations.
Stone and rendered brickwork; green slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Originally of 3 bays, the 4th western bay
and forebuilding 1882-3 by Stephen Salter, who also re-roofed
the chapel. Western facade with central Tudor style entrance
of pointed moulded arch having hoodmould with label stops and
quatrefoil enrichment in spandrels; flanked by single light
traceried windows and full height buttresses. At 1st floor
level, central 2-light traceried window flanked by armorial
shields and then 3-light traceried windows. Above the corbel
table a 7-light traceried window with rose. East window
similar, renewed by James Wyatt, 1795-6. North and south
elevations buttressed (flying at ground storey) at bays with
four 4-light Perpendicular windows each. Parapet and buttress
pinnacles added by Stephen Salter. Undercroft with Gothic
4-centred arches, lierne-vaults and Tuscan demi-columns
attached to the piers.
INTERIOR: features of interest include original carved pew
ends, early C18 pulpit with tester, late C17 communion rail
with twisted balusters and original stained glass depicting
Apostles by Bernard van Linge and Richard Butler. The south
windows are much restored, the north largely reconstructed
after an air-raid in 1915.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the foundation stone was laid in 1620 by John
Donne, who was Preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincoln's
Inn from 1616 to 1622.
Listing NGR: TQ3102781425
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