Description

CALSTOCK
SX 4268-4368
9/40 Chapel of St George and St Thomas
a Becket (formerly listed as
23.1.68 Sir Richard Edgcumbe's Chapel)
GV II*
Chapel. Circa 1490, built by Sir Richard Edgcumbe in memory of his escape from Sir
Henry Trenowth of Bodrugan in 1483. C20 restoration. Slatestone rubble with granite
dressings. C20 slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends, incorporating some re-
used hand-made crested ridge tiles.
Plan: Small rectangular single cell chapel, with entrance at the front gable end and
ritual east at the rear gable end. Built on the edge of a cliff overlooking the
River Tamar.
Exterior: The front gable end has a 3-centred arched granite doorway with roll-
mouldings and recessed spandrels, C19 door with cover strips. The left and right
sides each have a 2-light granite window, with chamfered 3-centred arches to lights,
lattice glazing pintles remaining from shutters. The rear gable end has a 3-light
granite window, hollow-chamfered, with 4-centred arched lights with leaves carved in
the spandrels, semi-circular tracery above and 4-centred arch over with mutilated
hood mould and pintles from shutters.
Interior: Not accessible.

Listing NGR: SX4168670956

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555678

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)