{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox church |name = Elston Chapel |full_name = |image = Elston Old Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 3331327.jpg |image_size = |alt = A small, simple stone church with a red tiled roof. On the left is the nave with a round-headed doorway, and to the right is the smaller chancel |caption = Elston Chapel from the south-west |pushpin_map = Nottinghamshire |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_mapsize = 200 |pushpin_label_position = |map_caption = Location in Nottinghamshire |location = Elston, Nottinghamshire |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|53.0263|-0.8647|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} |osgraw = SK 762 482 |denomination = Anglican |churchmanship = |website = {{URL|1=http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/findachurch/no-dedication-elston/?region=Nottinghamshire|2=Churches Conservation Trust}} |former_name = |founded = |founder = |dedication = |dedicated = |consecrated = |clt = |events = |status = |functional_status = Redundant |heritage_designation = Grade I |designated = 25 February 52 |architect = |architectural_type = Church |style = Norman, Gothic |groundbreaking = |completed = |construction_cost = |closed = |demolished = |capacity = |length = |width = |height = |materials = Stone, tiled roofs }} '''Elston Chapel''' is a redundant Anglican church to the north-east of the village of Elston, Nottinghamshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,<ref name=hg>{{NHLE |num=1157196 |desc=Elston Chapel |access-date=14 July 2013 |mode=cs2}}</ref> and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.<ref name=cct>{{Citation |url=http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Elston-Chapel-Elston-Nottinghamshire/ |title=Elston Chapel, Elston, Nottinghamshire |access-date=29 March 2011 |publisher=Churches Conservation Trust}}</ref> It stands in a field and is described as a "solitary barn-like chapel".<ref name=cct/>
==History== Formerly a parish church, the chapel dates from the 12th century, with additions and alterations made in the 14th and 16th centuries.<ref name=hg/> The chapel was created as a separate parish in 1584 and later became a chapelry to East Stoke.<ref name=npcdb/> In the early 19th century its interior was fitted with pine pews and a gallery.<ref name=cct/> However, by 1872 it was disused and was transferred to the parish of All Saints, Elston.<ref name=npcdb>{{Citation |url=http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/data/churchdatabase/parisha-f.htm |title=Nottinghamshire Parish Church Database |access-date=25 November 2010 |publisher=Heather Faulkes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106040653/http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/data/churchdatabase/parisha-f.htm |archive-date=6 November 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/elston-all-saints/ |title=All Saints, Elston |access-date=25 November 2010| publisher=Church of England}}</ref>
There is speculation that the chapel was formerly the chapel of a medieval leper hospital dedicated to Saint Leonard.<ref name=npcdb/><ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?ID=4070 |title=Elston Parish Council: Historic Elston |access-date=25 November 2010 |publisher=Newark and Sherwood District Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830083054/http://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/pp/Gold/viewgold.asp?ID=4070 |archive-date=30 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |year=1989 |title=The Nottinghamshire Village Book: Elston - A Modern Description |series=The Nottinghamshire Federation of Women's Institutes and Countryside Books |publisher=GENUKI |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Elston/Elston.html |access-date=25 November 2010}}</ref> The church was declared redundant on 23 September 1976, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 9 February 1976.<ref>{{Citation |year=2011| title=Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham: All Schemes |series=Church Commissioners/Statistics |publisher=Church of England |page=1 |format=PDF |url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/811136/southwell%20and%20nottingham%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref>
==Architecture== The chapel is constructed in coursed rubble stone with tile roofs, and consists of a nave and a smaller and lower chancel. In the west wall are two small rectangular windows with a larger rectangular window above. In the north wall of the nave is a two-light window with ogee arches and, to the east in a slightly projecting bay is a single-light window with a pointed arch. The north wall of the chancel contains a two-light window under a flat arch. The east end of the chancel has buttresses, and contains a three-light window with ogee arches under a flat head. The date 1577 is inscribed over the window, and at the apex of the gable is the fragment of a cross. The south wall of the chancel and the nave both contain a two-light window under ogee arches.<ref name=hg/> The south doorway dates from the 12th century, and is in Norman style with a round arch and zigzag decoration.<ref name=hg/><ref name=cct/> Inside the church fragments of the 19th-century fittings still present.<ref name=hg/> There are several layers of paintings on the walls, including Georgian biblical texts and, on the north wall, a large royal coat of arms.<ref name=cct/>
==See also== *List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands *Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire *Listed buildings in Elston
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Category:12th-century church buildings in England Category:Grade I listed churches in Nottinghamshire Category:Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Category:English churches with Norman architecture Category:Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust