Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
11714
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
15/04/1994  
Date of Amendment
31/05/2002  
Name of Property
Chapel at Whitchurch Hospital  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Cardiff  
Community
Whitchurch  
Town
Cardiff  
Locality
Whitchurch  
Easting
314525  
Northing
180672  
Street Side
 
Location
Opposite and to the north of the main entrance of Whitchurch Hospital.  

Description


Broad Class
Health and Welfare  
Period
 

History
Built 1902 to 1908 as chapel for City of Cardiff Lunatic Asylum. Architects Messrs Oatley and Skinner of Bristol. Designed to accommodate all 750 patients and 150 staff of asylum.  

Exterior
Large lancet-style chapel in red brick with Bath stone dressings, Welsh slate roofs. Aisled nave with chancel. Elevation (south) facing hospital has two pairs of gabled clerestorey dormers each dormer with 3-light Gothic window; roof sweeps down over aisle (but it is hipped to left); six bays articulated by thin stepped buttresses; two lancets to each bay except right bay which has single window and shallow porch with Gothic doorway. South elevation of chancel has small transept with two lancets, shallow buttresses, and gothic doorway; diagonal buttress to south-west angle, two lancets to east. East end has three lancets. West end has broad single-storey porch with hipped roof, central gabled bay set forward with Gothic doorway; to each side, two 2-light windows separated by buttresses; simple Gothic doorway to returns. Large 3-light window in gable above and bell-cote to apex. North elevation as south, but north-east angle between transept and chancel has narrow castellated chimney-tower with 2-light louvred window to each side, and vestry with window of three camber-headed lights.  

Interior
Red brick with Bath stone dressings; used as a store room with most furnishings removed. Open arch-braced roof; nave arcade of six bays, round stone piers. Aisle windows have stained glass with simple art-nouveau design to heads, much is broken, particularly on the north side. Steps up to chancel (organ to left), lancets have glass with figures of Faith, Hope and Charity. West porch subdivided with separate doors to aisles and nave. Pulpit still in position.  

Reason for designation
Listed for group value with main Whitchurch Hospital building.  

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