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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1350 to 1499. The remains of a chapel of uncertain age are located at Chambers Wall to the north west of St. Nicholas at Wade. The chapel was surveyed in 1999 in advance of restoration. There is surviving masonry and some medieval features were recorded including a small water pool (piscina) with pointed arch in the north wall. The chapel was used as a domestic house in the 17th century when the south wall was replaced by timber framing.

Monument Types

• SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1350 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TR 26 NE 1007:
Possible former chapel, sometime house, now outhouse. C15 or earlier. Chalk and flint, roughcast, part only exposed on rear elevation which is also timber framed and clad with corrugated iron. Corrugated iron roof. One storey, with corbelled jettied upper section, and raking flat roof. Wood casement to left and boarded door to centre … Previously described as 2 storey timber framed building with continuous jetty and hipped tiled roof. The upper storey since removed. (2)

Description from record TR 26 NE 150:
(TR 25526770 sited from Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit S.M.A. map diagram). Chapel. There is a chapel here of uncertain antiquity. (1) Surveyed in 1999 in advance of restoration, the chapel comprises a small rectangular single cell unit with masonry surviving at the east and west ends and some along north elevation. The south wall was replaced by (now removed) timber framing during its use as a domestic house in the 17th century. The most obvious of the few surviving meideval features visible is the small piscina with pointed arch in the north wall. The chapel, along with the nearby brewhouse and a large timber-framed barn comprise the ealiest surviving elements of Chambers Wall Farm. Additional reference (2 & 9) and site photographs (3-8).

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ST NICHOLAS AT WADE POTTEN STREET TR 26 NE (south side) 1/97 Outbuilding about 20 metres south of Chambers Wall Farmhouse II Possible former chapel, sometime house, now outhouse. C15 or earlier. Chalk and flint, roughcast, part only exposed on rear elevation which is also timber framed and clad with corrugated iron. Corrugated iron roof. One storey, with corbelled jettied upper section, and raking flat roof. Wooden casement to left and boarded door to centre. Interior: single chamber; chalk block and flint chequer walls, with pointed arch recess on north wall. Chamfered splays to windows in west and north walls and to door. Inserted fireplace in north-east corner. Rear wall with close-studding. Previously described as 2 storey timber framed building with continuous jetty and hipped tiled roof. The upper storey since removed.
Listing NGR: TR2498767469 (10)

<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 300/16 (OS Card Reference). SKE44652.

<2> Department of the Environment, KCC Greenback Index (Index). SWX9400.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1999, The Chapel & Brewhouse, Chambers Wall Farm, St Nicholas At Wade: An Architectural Survey (Unpublished document). SWX6747.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9458.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9462.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9659.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9660.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9667.

<8> 1948, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9721.

<9> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1998, The Foldyard, Chambers Wall; Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SWX7106.

<10> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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