Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE WELSHPOOL ROAD, Shelton 653-1/4/778 (South side (off)) 06/04/93 Chapel at Shelton Hospital

GV II

Chapel. c1854-6. Possibly by Thomas Haycock. Brick with stone dressings and Welsh slate roof. Nave with 2 aisles, chancel. Simple Early English style. Doorways to east and west of north wall, with small shafts to moulded archway. Paired lancet windows between the doorways. Central belfry corbelled out on west wall, which has central buttress flanked by lancet windows. Squared chancel, with triple lancets to east window. INTERIOR: 4-bay arcade, with shallow arches on plain piers. Curved principal roofs, with curved under-principals to collars. Feet of common rafters to nave roof extend below roof-line, therefore open to aisles immediately above the wall plate. Simple chamfered chancel arch. Original, plain chamfered wood furniture and fittings throughout, including pews, pulpit and candelabra torcheres.

Listing NGR: SJ4608912972

External Links

• Wikidata Q26546688

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