Building record 1160/359/2 - Chapel, St Andrew's Hospital

Gothic style chapel at St Andrews Hospital designed by G G Scott in 1853 and built in 1861-3. The building is faced with banded Northampton ironstone and limestone and has a slate roof. It is of rectangular plan with a north west bell-turret.

{1} Circa 1863 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Detached building in C14 style. Stone , stone slated roof. Aisles; north transept and north west turret with small spire. St Andrew's Hospital, Chapel, Chaplain's House and Main Gateway form a group together with the Occupational Therapy House which is of local interest.

{2} Built circa 1863 by Sir George Gilbert Scott; detached building in C14th style; stone with stone slate roof; aisles; north transept & north-west turret with small spire.

{3} Stone object in flowerbed at east end of St Andrews chapel (cSP7698 6043). Upper part comprises cut down decorated stonework, re-used as modern flower container. Re-used medieval font, capital? See 7997/0/1

{7} Two photos dated 1993;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/106 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.30 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Cadman G., 2003, Northampton: St Andrews Hospital Chapel: Note on Stone object, (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN103230.

<4> Ballinger, J., 2002, St. Andrew's Hospital Chapel, (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN106624.

<5> Historic England, Undated, ST ANDREWS HOSPITAL, NORTHAMPTON, BF100470 (Archive). SNN114299.

<6> Historic England, Undated, Interior view looking east in the chapel at St Andrew's Hospital, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1853 and built circa 1863, BL08551 (Archive). SNN114300.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

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Apr 19 2023 2:23PM