Description

CAMDEN

TQ2585NW KIDDERPORE AVENUE
798-1/24/979 (North side)
16/01/96 College Chapel, King's College

GV II

College chapel. 1928-9. By Percy Morley Horder and Verner Rees
to commemorate Miss Anne Richardson, former Vice-Principal.
Rendered brickwork with stone portico. Shallow hipped roof
with projecting eaves. Austere and restrained Classical
design. Rectangular plan with rectangular chancel which forms
a semicircular apse internally. Single storey eastern
elevation, double-height western. Doric portico, under which
double wooden panelled and studded doors with patterned
overlight. Small rectangular windows with small panes and
continuous plain sill band; small clerestory windows.
INTERIOR: entry at half height with balcony and double steps
down into body of chapel. Interior plain with pilaster strips
and panelled ceiling. Apse lit from windows high on each side.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Miss Richardson had requested that the chapel
be "small and simple.... in which no Christian ministry shall
be impossible".

Listing NGR: TQ2532485908

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27086650

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)