Chapel at Greenleighton (Rothley with Hollinghill)
Chapel (supposed) at Greenleighton. (1)
Tradition gives this place a chapel, which is said to have stood on the east side of the burn, and the north side of the road that runs through the village. (2)
NZ 02779214. Local tradition refers to a small building north east of the farm as being the remains of the chapel. The building itself, now a hen house, is quite modern but on the south side is a fragment of wall which appears to be older. The wall is attached but not bonded to the building and is 0.6m thick with a maximum height of 2m. It is constructed of coursed rubble masonry. An opening, opposite the doorway of the building, appears to be original and has two horizontal slots on each side. One of the slots contains a wooden fillet but their purpose is obscure. There are indications of buries foundations forming a westward continuation of the wall.
Two short walls join the older wall with the building and in the western wall there is a square headed piscina-like recess. In this recess is a basin or trough occupying the whole thickness of the wall. Its western side narrows to a spout which discharges on the outside of the wall. The purpose of the trough could not be ascertained but it is not ecclesiastical in character.
There are no architectural features that could be associated with a chapel and no literary evidence that such a building existed. It appears to be purely traditional.
The building occurs within the area occupied by the remains of a depopulated village (NZ 09 SW 18). (3)
Condition unchanged. (4)
The site of a building marked on the 1777 Estate survey at about NZ 0277 9216 now lies under a shelter belt. Although apparently itself of 18th or 19th century date, this structure is joined at the south end to the standing remains of an older building. (5)
Tradition gives this place a chapel, which is said to have stood on the east side of the burn, and the north side of the road that runs through the village. (2)
NZ 02779214. Local tradition refers to a small building north east of the farm as being the remains of the chapel. The building itself, now a hen house, is quite modern but on the south side is a fragment of wall which appears to be older. The wall is attached but not bonded to the building and is 0.6m thick with a maximum height of 2m. It is constructed of coursed rubble masonry. An opening, opposite the doorway of the building, appears to be original and has two horizontal slots on each side. One of the slots contains a wooden fillet but their purpose is obscure. There are indications of buries foundations forming a westward continuation of the wall.
Two short walls join the older wall with the building and in the western wall there is a square headed piscina-like recess. In this recess is a basin or trough occupying the whole thickness of the wall. Its western side narrows to a spout which discharges on the outside of the wall. The purpose of the trough could not be ascertained but it is not ecclesiastical in character.
There are no architectural features that could be associated with a chapel and no literary evidence that such a building existed. It appears to be purely traditional.
The building occurs within the area occupied by the remains of a depopulated village (NZ 09 SW 18). (3)
Condition unchanged. (4)
The site of a building marked on the 1777 Estate survey at about NZ 0277 9216 now lies under a shelter belt. Although apparently itself of 18th or 19th century date, this structure is joined at the south end to the standing remains of an older building. (5)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; E Geary
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, The Archaeology of the Wallington Estate: an air photographic survey 2002; T Gates
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, The Archaeology of the Wallington Estate: an air photographic survey 2002; T Gates
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