Bedford School Chapel
Bedford School Chapel
Grade II* listed Bedford School Chapel was built in 1907, in the late Gothic Revival style by the architect George Frederick Bodley, one of the key 19th Century architects specialising in churches.
The chapel also contains what has been described as a ‘comprehensive collection’ of fixtures designed by Bodley before his death in 1907 - as the chapel was still under construction.
Built of English bond red brick with limestone dressing and a clay-tiled roof, Bedford School Chapel has a Nave with short-chancel, and interesting tower-porch and stair-turret to the southwest. The three-stage tower itself features single-light belfry windows and an embattled ashlar parapet.
Below the decorated, three-light window in the east-wall of the Chancel is a foundation stone dated 18th May 1907.
Created: 20 January 2023 Edited: 29 November 2023
Bedford School Chapel
Local History around Bedford School Chapel
There are some historic monuments around including:
Yarl's Wood hermitage and moated siteA barrow 400m north of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexOakley churchyard crossSite discovered by aerial photography S of villageSite of Newnham PrioryMotte castle in Exeter Wood, 780m south east of Wood FarmOakley BridgeSettlement site N of Chapel End FarmElstow Manor House (Remains of)Two barrows 500m NE of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexThe Moot HallA barrow 1000m NW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexMortuary enclosure 1200m north-west of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexPaved ford 400yds (366m) SE of Kempston ChurchBromham BridgeMoated site with garden earthworks at Bletsoe CastleBedford Castle motte and baileyManor Farm moated siteNeolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex 600m NW of Octagon FarmShrunken medieval village at Milton Ernest, BedfordshireMavourn moated site, with associated fishponds, enclosures and deserted settlement siteMowsbury Hill: slight univallate hillfort and medieval moated siteThree barrows and a rectilinear enclosure 1000m NNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neotlithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexBedford BridgeEnclosures E of East End FarmMortuary enclosure 900m NNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexBarrow and mortuary enclosure 1100m WNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexOval barrow 60m west of Ranworth Walk, 650m south west of Westfield SchoolKempston Hardwick moated siteRemains of the George InnMedieval lime kiln off Castle Lane.
