Scheduled Ancient Monument: THE CHAPEL OF THE CHARNEL (SF38)
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| Authority | |
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| Suffix | SF38 |
| Date assigned | |
| Date last amended |
Description
Early C14 chapel. Flint walls circa 8 feet high. W end rebuilt. Windows blocked. Walls, inside and out, covered with memorial tablets mostly first half of C19. Interior is a garden. Surrounded by C18 iron railings. Vaults are still used for burials. It stood in the graveyard attached to the Abbey (S1).
Rectangular E-W main cell with triangular E end. Max internal dimensions 17.95m x 6.70m. Flint rubble core, originally with ashlar external face. Three entrance openings on each N & S wall. Signs of large windows above. Part buried by at least 1m of soil (S2).
Built by John of Northwold (AD 1279-1301). Had a triangular E end (R1).
External Links (1)
Sources (1)
- SSF50016 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Scheduled Ancient Monument file.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8566 6402 (34m by 22m) |
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| Map sheet | TL86SE |
| Civil Parish | BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- Abbey Gardens and precincts (PMed) (Monument) (BSE 010)
- Abbey Grounds, Bury St Edmunds; Abbot's Bridge; St Marys [1st] church (Med) (Monument) (BSE 010)
- Beodricsworth; St Edmund's Bury (Sax) (Monument) (BSE 241)
- Chapel of the Charnel (Monument) (BSE 040)
- Medieval Urban area of Bury St Edmunds (Monument) (BSE 241)
Record last edited
Jul 20 2012 9:37AM