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Listed Building: ROMAN CATHOLIC EYRE CHAPEL (BEHIND NEWBOLD ROAD), NEWBOLD ROAD (1374497)

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Grade II*
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 908, 13, 36
Date assigned 13 March 1968
Date last amended 17 July 1989

Description

'In the entry for the following: SK 37 SE 13/36 NEWBOLD ROAD (South Side) Newbold Roman Catholic Eyre Chapel (behind Newbold Road) II* GV The description shall be amended to read: Medieval and later - small rectangular chapel. Coursed stone rubble with stone slate roof. Plain pinnacles on all four corners. Crocheted pinnacle on west gable. No openings on north side. Two doors on south side, one with Tudor arch and the other (priest's door) with low relief Norman carving in tympanum and jambs bearing traces of moulding. 2 2-light Perpendicular flat-headed windows with cusped light to south; similar windows to east and west. Raised stone altar at east end. Five timber tie-beams, three with 15th Century carved bosses. Former chapel of the Eyre family. Granted by James II for Roman Catholic worship and sacked by protestant mob in 1688. Large stone cross in burial ground surrounding the chapel commemorates its restoration in 1887 and the re-internment in the Crypt beneath the stone flagged floor of 12 members of Eyre family. Stone horse mounting block built into north east corner of building. Restored completely in 1989 for communal use. 1. 5169 SK 37 SE 13/36 13.3.68 NEWBOLD ROAD (South Side) Newbold Roman Catholic Eyre Chapel (behind Newbold Road) II* GV 2. Mediaeval and later. Small rectangular chapel of coursed stone rubble with stone slate roof. Pinnacles crocketed over west door. 2 perpendicular windows at south side, flat arched and mullioned with cusped lights but now bricked up. 2 doors one with low relief Norman carving in tympanum, the other with Tudor arch. Formerly the chapel of the Eyre family. Granted by James II for Roman Catholic worship and sacked by a Protestant mob in 1688. Listing NGR: SK3687472865.'

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Sources (1)

  • Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1374497.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 36874 72865 (point)
Map sheet SK37SE
Civil Parish CHESTERFIELD, CHESTERFIELD, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Aug 13 2022 12:30AM

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