Moorhouse Chantry Chapel

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Moorhouse Chantry Chapel
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Moorhouse Chantry Chapel
Moorhouse Chantry Chapel
53°11′34″N0°52′28″W / 53.19278°N 0.87444°W / 53.19278; -0.87444
OS grid reference SK 75302 66780
Location Moorhouse, Nottinghamshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication St Nicholas
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Architect(s) Henry Clutton
Completed1860
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Archdeaconry Newark
Deanery Newark and Southwell
Parish Laxton

Moorhouse Chantry Chapel is a Grade II* listed Church of England chapel in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham [1] [2] at Moorhouse, within the Laxton and Moorhouse civil parish, Nottinghamshire.

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History

The church dates 1860, built by Henry Clutton for Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington in the 12th century French Gothic Revival style.

It is in a group of parishes comprising:

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References

  1. The buildings of England. Nottinghamshire, Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. Historic England. "Moorhouse Chapel, Laxton and Moorhouse (1045631)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 October 2024.