Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Franciscan Convent
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Location | Broad Road, Bocking |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Tradition | Latin Church |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 1898 |
Architect(s) | John Francis Bentley |
Architectural type | Georgian Revival |
Administration | |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Alan Williams |
Priest(s) | David Manson |
The Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Franciscan Convent is a Roman Catholic chapel run by the Missionary Franciscan Sisters in Bocking, Essex, England.
History
John Francis Bentley, the architect of Westminster Cathedral, completed his plans for the chapel in 1898 and it was completed in May 1899.[1][2]
Description
According to Historic England, the building is
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[a]n irregular group of red brick buildings with stone dressings...The chapel is gabled at the west end, with stone bands,2 lancet windows and a large octagonal tower at the south-west corner. The upper stage of the tower has a belfry with ornamental stone traceried openings, crowned by a stone dome and finial. A wing at the south end is gabled, with a splayed corner adjoining the early C19 convent building to the south. The centre part, with the entranceway, is set back behind a screen wall connecting the tower and the south wing. It is pierced by 2 pointed arches with a central column. The windows are metal casements with leaded lights, in stone dressed reveals. Roofs tiled.[3]
The chapel has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since 1973.[1]
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- Churches in Braintree
- Franciscan nunneries
- Grade II listed Roman Catholic churches in England
- Grade II listed churches in Essex
- John Francis Bentley buildings
- Roman Catholic churches in Essex
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1898
- 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom