What is recorded here

Friars Chapel stands as a small rectangular ruin within a circular graveyard on a gentle slope above the River Nore. Its limestone footings barely rise a metre before disappearing into grass, while a mature yew pushes through the western wall and two later headstones occupy the bare interior. The chapel lost every architectural feature and human identity, reducing centuries of prayer to a quiet box of stones where nature has already begun reclaiming the floor.

On brow of gentle W-facing slope with good views from S-W-N. The River Nore flows roughly N-S c. 300m to the W. Centrally placed within a circular ecclesiastical enclosure (KK024-059003-) and graveyard (KK024-059002) are the ruins of a rectangular church (dims 10.8m E-W; 5.1m N-S) constructed of roughly coursed limestone blocks. The present remains consist of the grassed-over wall-footings of the N and S side walls (max. H 1.1m; T 0.8m) and the E gable (max. H 1.1m) and the W gable (max. H 0.4m) were both the internal and external faces of the wall are visible. No architectural features survive. A mature ivy-covered yew tree is growing out of the footings of the W gable. Two 19th-century headstones have been erected within the church interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 September 2021

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