Old Chapel door
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Location
| Street: | Spitalfield Lane |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 6SE |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | St. Richard's Hospital, set into the wall, faces south east down the ground floor corridor |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | D5 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Captain Norcliffe Gilpin |
| Construction period: | 1892 |
| Installation date: | 1892 |
| Owner custodian: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Substantial arched door and frame set into the corridor wall of the hospital. There are two inscribed bronze plaques affixed to the door. Originally from the old West Sussex Hospital in Broyle Road, Chichester and removed on its closure in 1994. |
| Inscription: | TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD THIS CHAPEL WAS RESTORED BY CAPTAIN NORCLIFFE GILPIN, SOMETIME CHAIRMAN OF THIS HOSPITAL. 1892. Bronze, inscribed plaque affixed to the lower cross bars of the door, to the right of the handle: PRAY∙FOR∙THE∙SOUL∙OF∙VIOLET∙CLARKE∙SEVEN∙YEARS∙MATRON∙OF∙ THIS∙HOSPITAL∙ENTERED∙INTO∙REST∙AUGUST∙5TH∙1898 ON∙WHOSE∙SOUL AND∙ON∙THE∙SOULS∙OF∙THE∙FAITHFUL∙DEPARTED∙MAY∙GOD∙HAVE∙MERCY∙AMEN |
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Classification
| Categories: | Commemorative, Functional, Architectural |
| Object type1: | Street furniture |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Door |
| Material: | Wood |
| Height (cm): | 210 |
| Width (cm): | 122 |
| Depth (cm): | 10 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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