{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox church | name = Thorndon Park Chapel (The Petre Chapel) | full_name = | image = Church, Thorndon Park - geograph.org.uk - 1209910.jpg | image_size = 200 | alt = | landscape = | caption = West end of Thorndon Park Chapel | pushpin_map = Essex | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position = | map_caption = Location in Essex | location = Thorndon Park, near Ingrave, Essex | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|51.5987|0.3301|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} | osgraw = TQ 615 914 | denomination =Roman Catholic | churchmanship = | website = [http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/east-england/chantry-chapel-and-burial-ground-thorndon-park-essex-grade-ii/27 Historic Chapels Trust] | former_name = | founded = | founder = Lord Petre | dedication = | dedicated = 1857 | consecrated = | events = | status = Private chapel | functional_status = Redundant | heritage_designation = Grade II* | designated = 20 February 1976 | architect = William Wardell | architectural_type = Chapel | style = Gothic Revival | groundbreaking = | completed = | construction_cost = | closed = | demolished = | capacity = | length = | width = | height = | materials = Ragstone with freestone dressings, tiled roofs }}
'''Thorndon Park Chapel (The Petre Chapel)''' is a former Roman Catholic private chapel situated in Thorndon Park, near the grounds of Thorndon Hall near Ingrave, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1293260|desc= Chantry chapel and mausoleum, Thorndon Park|accessdate= 18 June 2012|mode=cs2}}</ref> and is under the care of the Historic Chapels Trust.<ref name=hct>{{Citation | url = http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/east-england/chantry-chapel-and-burial-ground-thorndon-park-essex-grade-ii/27 | title = Chantry Chapel and Burial Ground, Thorndon Park | accessdate = 18 June 2012 | publisher = Historic Chapels Trust | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110809112907/http://www.hct.org.uk/chapels/east-england/chantry-chapel-and-burial-ground-thorndon-park-essex-grade-ii/27 | archivedate = 9 August 2011 }}</ref>
==History==
The chapel was built as a private chantry chapel and mausoleum for the Roman Catholic Petre family who lived in Thorndon Hall.<ref name=nhl/><ref name=hct/> It was built in about 1850,<ref name=nhl/> and dedicated in 1857.<ref name=hct/> The architect was William Wardell. Having become redundant and subject to decay and deterioration, the chapel was given to the Trust by Lord Petre in 2010.<ref name=hct/>
==Architecture==
Constructed in Kentish ragstone with freestone dressings, the chapel has a tiled roof. Its architectural style is Decorated.<ref name=hct/> The plan of the chapel is L-shaped in three bays, with a vestry and a bellcote on the south side. On the sides of the chapel are buttresses and two-light windows. At the west end is an arched doorway, with carvings in the spandrels, above which is a large three-light window containing curvilinear tracery. The east window is similar. The bellcote is attached to the south wall and consists of an octagonal stair turret, an octagonal highly decorated bell stage with lancet bell openings, and a pyramidal roof. Inside the church is an elaborately decorated roof, including gilded angels. Around the walls of the chapel are the Stations of the Cross on stone panels. The stone altar is integrated into the east wall, with a richly carved reredos above it. Some of the stained glass was made by Hardman, but has been moved into storage.<ref name=hct/>
==See also== *List of chapels preserved by the Historic Chapels Trust
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Essex Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom Category:Churches preserved by the Historic Chapels Trust Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in England Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Essex Category:Grade II* listed churches in Essex Category:Former churches in Essex Category:Churches in Brentwood (Essex town)