The Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Carlett Park is in
Eastham
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,
Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II
listed building.
History
The chapel was built in the grounds of the mansion in Carlett Park in 1884–85 to a design by the
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
architect
John Douglas.
The chapel was commissioned by the owner of the mansion, Revd W. E. Torr, who was a
canon of
Chester Cathedral and the
vicar of Eastham.
Architecture
The chapel is built in red
sandstone.
[ It has bands of lighter stone and a ]slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
roof. Its plan consists of a continuous nave and chancel with a north transept. At the northwest is an octagonal bell- turret with a spire. Over the entrance is a canopied niche containing a figure of the Good Shepherd.[ The windows are lancets and the interior has ]ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
stone.[ The windows contain stained glass by Kempe and by E. Frampton. Internally, framing the east window, are mosaic panels.][
]
See also
* Listed buildings in Eastham, Merseyside
* List of new churches by John Douglas
References
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Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Gothic Revival architecture in Merseyside
Former Church of England church buildings
Grade II listed churches in Merseyside
Churches completed in 1885
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Church of England church buildings in Merseyside
John Douglas buildings