# Elston Chapel

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|name = Elston Chapel
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|image = Elston Old Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 3331327.jpg
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|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
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|map_caption = Location in Nottinghamshire
|location = [Elston, Nottinghamshire](/source/Elston%2C_Nottinghamshire)
|country = England
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|denomination = [Anglican](/source/Anglican)
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|functional_status = [Redundant](/source/redundant_church)
|heritage_designation = Grade I
|designated = 25 February 52
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|architectural_type = [Church](/source/Church_(building))
|style = [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture), [Gothic](/source/English_Gothic_architecture)
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'''Elston Chapel''' is a [redundant](/source/redundant_church) [Anglican](/source/Anglican) church to the north-east of the village of [Elston, Nottinghamshire](/source/Elston%2C_Nottinghamshire), England. It is recorded in the [National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England) as a designated Grade&nbsp;I [listed building](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/parish) in 1584 and later became a [chapelry](/source/chapelry) to [East Stoke](/source/East_Stoke%2C_Nottinghamshire).<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](/source/Church_of_England)}}</ref>

There is speculation that the chapel was formerly the chapel of a medieval [leper](/source/Leprosy) hospital [dedicated](/source/Dedication_(ritual)) to [Saint&nbsp;Leonard](/source/Leonard_of_Noblac).<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](/source/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](/source/vesting) 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](/source/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](/source/Course_(architecture)) [rubble](/source/rubble) stone with tile roofs, and consists of a [nave](/source/nave) and a smaller and lower [chancel](/source/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](/source/ogee) arches and, to the east in a slightly projecting [bay](/source/bay_(architecture)) 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 [buttress](/source/buttress)es, 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](/source/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](/source/Norman_architecture) 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](/source/Georgian_era) biblical texts and, on the north wall, a large [royal coat of arms](/source/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom).<ref name=cct/>

==See also==
*[List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands](/source/List_of_churches_preserved_by_the_Churches_Conservation_Trust_in_the_English_Midlands)
*[Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire](/source/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Nottinghamshire)
*[Listed buildings in Elston](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Elston)

==References==
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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

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