Listed Building: BLOCK NUMBER 47 (THE CHAPEL) (1363334)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1411, 5, 5 |
Date assigned | 17 June 1983 |
Date last amended |
Description
TR 34 SW GUSTON DUKE OF YORK'S ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL
Block No 47 5/5 (The Chapel)
17.6.1983
GV II
Chapel. 1909 by Sir Henry Tanner. Pebble dash and red brick and ashlar dressings with plain tiled roof. Chancel, nave with aisles and transepts, eastern narthex with flanking towers. The church is orientated to the west. Entrance (east) front with recessed semi-circular windows flanking ashlar doorway with keyed semi-circular surround. Modillion cornice pedimented over door, with large, keyed semi-circular gabled window. Battlemented octagonal side towers with cupolas. Shallow segmentally headed clerestory lights, 3 each side, and plain mullioned sidelights. Transepts with buttresses, and Diocletian windows over board doors in raised brick surrounds. Triple lancet west window, the only concession to either Gothic or ecclesiastical function. Shingled bellcote tower over chancel, with cupola and pedimented louvred openings. Interior: brick and ashlar banded walls, narrow side aisles; roof trusses to nave; plaster barrel vaulted chancel; original pews and fittings.
Listing NGR: TR3248343658
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TR 3262 4347 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
Civil Parish | GUSTON, DOVER, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 17 2006 11:07AM