Listed Building record MDO14282 - St Luke's Chapel, Chapel Coppice, Ashley Chase, Long Bredy

Remains of fifteenth century chapel in woodland. The west gable wall, and fragment of north-east angle of a rectangular building survive.

NRHE (numbered sources not listed): St Luke's Chapel at Ashley was a Mediaeval building of which the W wall and a fragment of the NE angle of a rectangular building 32 feet x 18 feet survive. The W wall retains the opening of the W window, of which the N jamb and the four-centred rubble head remains. Reste in this wall are two carved headstops, porbably of the 15th century. An altar table of rubble has been built up in the chapel and set in the top is a slab with five crosses of doubtful age. (2,3) The W end of this chapel is built of rubble. It is 6.0m wide, with a maximum height of 5.5m at the gable. The wall is 0.9m tick, and is pierced by an archway 2.0m wide and 3.5m high. There are two reset stone heads in this wall, and evidence of some repair to the masonry. The interior is gras covered, from which the length of the chapel may be judged as 11.0m. The masonry which once formed the NE angle has falen, and large portions lie some 5.0m NE of the original angle. The interior of the chapel has some recent grave slabs, and a modern masonry altar. (4) The late Mediaeval date for the fabric of the chapel, and its association with a Cistercian monastic foundation, may well suggest that Ashley was farmed as a cell of Netley, and that the chapel was built for the use of a small religious community. (5)

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Apr 11 2023 4:58PM