Listed Building record MDO9041 - Chapel of Saint Catherine, Milton Abbey, Milton Abbas

Late twelfth century chapel of Milton Abbey. Restored in 1901 after a period of secular use. Flint and rubble stone walls with ashlar dressings. Stone slate roofs with coped gables. Remains of inscription on door jamb granting 120 days' indulgence. Good example of a largely unaltered small Norman church.

St Catherine's Chapel: the building has been "restored" but has Norman doorways in the north and south sides, and Perpendicular windows. It was at one time used as a pigeon-house, and later occupied as a cottage.(2). Abbot Middleton (1481-1525) is supposed to have done some restoration and this may include the perpendicular windows <3>. The building is in a fairly good state of repair, but has been extensively rstored. The walls are of flint with stone corners and have three stone buttresses on the north side and four on the south side. There is a Norman doorway on the south side, with a Lombard inscription on one of the jambs. There are the remains of a similar type of doorway on the north side. There are single 2-light Perpendicular windows in the north and south walls. Other windows appear to be comparatively modern, and the roof is completely modern. <4> St Catherine's Chapel : Grade 1. <5> Chapel of St Catherine. Grade I. <7,8>

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Mar 16 2022 11:02AM