Description

CROWTHORNE

SU86SW DUKES RIDE
674-1/17/151 (South side)
Chapel at Wellington College with
porch colonnade and gateway adj.
west end

GV II

Chapel. 1861-3 by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Geometrical
style. Extended in 1886 and 1899 by Sir Arthur Blomfield.
MATERIALS: Red brick in English bond, stone dressings, slate
coped gabled roof.
PLAN: nave, main apse, north chapel apse, west porch and
slender spire.
EXTERIOR: high, moulded plinth of brick and stone, string
course at sill and impost levels of windows, corbelled parapet
and gable ends with moulded stone coping. 3 stage buttresses
with pedimented tops surmounted with leaf finials. Blank
arcading with pointed arched heads between plinth and lower
string. Windows with geometric tracery.
Nave north aisle has 4-bays, with angled buttresses at east
end. South aisle similar.
East end has large rose window with semi-circular hoodmould.
Plank door with elliptical head, approached by 8 stone steps.
West end has angled buttresses. large rose window with stone
circular niches either side and at top, each with a group of
sculptured, carved figures.
Apse has 3 single light windows with pointed heads. Terracotta
eaves cornice enriched with floral decoration.
Porch, Colonnade and Gateway adjoining at west end. Porch
slate, pitched roof with moulded eaves running through from
lower string on chapel. 6 linked windows in south wall, with
pointed heads, stained glass between slim colonnettes with
foliage capitals. Large gateway adjoins porch of brick with
stone dressings. Symmetrical with large central archway with
pointed head, corbelled cornice and balustraded parapet. On
south side colonnaded passage of 4-bays linked to gateway by
brick wall, and adjoins main College building on west (qv).
INTERIOR: chapel nave and aisles is red brick in English bond,
panelled dado with battlemented top. Marble floor and rising
amphitheatrical seating. 4-bay arcades and naturalistic
foliage. 5-bay wagon roof to nave. Sanctuary painted ceiling
with angles and musical instruments, blank arcade of 19-bays
with pointed arches with heads of apostles in ceramics.
Encaustic tile floor.
Monuments: memorial to the dead of Great War by Lutyens in the
north chapel apse of black and white marble with rectangular
base, moulded plinth, column on pedestal with moulded cornice
and laurel wreath, surmounted by a statuette of Wellington.
Stained glass in the west window of the nave by Lusson.
Chapel porch, colonnade and gateway form the south side of
large court. The west side is enclosed by Wellington College
Main Block (qv) and the north side by the Dining Hall and
Common Rooms (qv) the east side is enclosed by the Dormitory
Block (qv).

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 10 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669758

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