Tyne and Wear HER(4989): Gibside Estate, Gibside Chapel - Details
4989
Gateshead
Gibside Estate, Gibside Chapel
Gibside
NZ15NE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Place of Worship
Chapel
Post Medieval
C18
Extant Building
At the west end of the mile long terrace-avenue of grass stands the Chapel, which is also a mausoleum, a gem of Georgian architecture designed by James Paine. It is built of pale grey Streatlam stone in the shape of a Greek cross, with the west-end forming an Ionic portico approached by two flights of balustraded steps. A dome is carried on four arches on the barrel-vaulted arms of the plan. The shafts of Corinthian columns are of fine buff stone with handsome markings. A domed aisle fills each corner. The altar is placed centrally under the dome. The pulpit is an unusual one of three decks placed beneath the western arch with a stove, and benches behind for a choir. The mausoleum is underneath the chapel. A vault is formed by a groined arch around the side of which are eleven niches arranged in a semi-circle. The chapel was begun for George Bowes in 1760, and completed and consecrated in 1812. LISTED GRADE 1
1718
5824
NZ17185824
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M. Wills, 1994, Gibside and the Bowes family; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Gibside Conservation Area, pp 51-53