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Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park

Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park

The Chapel of St Mary the Virgin at Clumber Park is a Grade I estate chapel of 1886–89 by Bodley and Garner for the seventh Duke of Newcastle, in the care of the National Trust.

Location
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
Country
England
County
Nottinghamshire
City / town
Clumber Park
Address
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, S80 3BE
Postcode
S80 3BE
Built
1886–89
Consecrated
22 October 1889 (opened by the Bishop of Southwell)
Architect
Bodley and Garner (G. F. Bodley)
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Mary
Diocese
Southwell and Nottingham
Parish
Worksop Priory
Grade
I
Style
Fourteenth-century Decorated Revival
Materials
Polychromatic Steetley and Runcorn sandstone ashlar, lead roofs
Grid reference
SK 626 746
Opening hours
Please check the National Trust website for full opening times and admission details.
Access
Accessible toilets nearby. Level access throughout

Overview

Historic England records a Decorated Revival chapel of polychromatic Steetley and Runcorn sandstone ashlar with lead roofs: nave, chancel, crossing tower and spire, transepts, vestries and lady chapel. It replaced an unfinished chapel by T. C. Hine for the fifth Duke. The Bishop of Southwell opened the building on 22 October 1889. Pevsner called it one of Bodley and Garner’s masterpieces. Kempe glass, Bodley screens and fittings by the Revd Ernest Geldart furnish the interior. The house was demolished in the 1930s; the National Trust reopened the chapel after acquiring the park. Listed Grade I on 13 February 1967 (NHLE 1045032). The chapel is in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, parish of Worksop Priory.

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