Junior Seminary Chapel of St Aloysius, Ushaw College, Durham Nov 09

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Junior Seminary Chapel of St Aloysius, Ushaw College, Durham

History from Durham website –

Junior Roman Catholic seminary chapel. 1857-9 by E.W. Pugin after competition. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth and dressings; roof of graduated Lakeland slates with stone gable copings. Gothic Revival style. Nave with south transept; Lady chapel on east of transept. High pointed arched windows, 2-light in nave, 4-light in transept and 5-light in east front, under dripmoulds in buttressed bays; diagonal buttresses to transept, set-back buttresses at east and west ends. Sill string, stepped to large windows and to 6-foil Lady chapel window. Gablets on buttresses and on kneelers of steeply-pitched corbelled roof. Stone cross finials. INTERIOR: has painted plaster with long wall-posts on angel corbels supporting arch-braced panelled roof with stencil decoration. 2-centred north entrance and organ arches. Much rich decoration, including painted moulded dado rail with naturalistic leaf stops; painted decoration of Lady chapel circa 1890 by Rev. Henry Gillow. Caen stone high altar with marble shafts and alabaster tabernacle arch; high-relief carved roundels in altar and scenes from life of St. Aloysius in reredos. Canopied statue of Our Lady, the Mother of Jesus, by Hoffman on north side of altar. West bay of north wall contains altar of St. Innocent, 1882 by Charles Hadfield with marble front and shafts, and Caen stone crocketed canopies over silver-plated reliquary doors, studded with crystal and purple stones. Lady chapel has richly-carved altar with frontal painted by A.M. Rossi. A second statue by Hoffman now removed to main college at entrance to chapel of St. Bede. Organ painted in Gothic style by Bevington. C19 stained glass includes some by Hardman.

Visited with Cuban Bloodhound

the front alter closer

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[S8]

That is nice, I love all the intricate carvings...

[boxfrenzy]

I'd forgotten how good this place is, and you've done a good job here mate, very nice.

[KingElvis]

Fucking hell Skin, excellent.

[SilentHill]

Some mighty fine detail in them there shots mate. That is excellent indeed

Is she for sale!

[BB]

oooooooooh
Love the statues

[doozer]

I've taken the official tour of the Seminary and there's so much to see, it's a beautiful place.. Apparently, corporal punishment was the norm (as it was in many schools round that time) but also the Seminary was largely silent - boys would invent sign language to communicate and boys in different years were not permitted to talk to each other at all - even if you had a brother in another year you were forbidden to speak to one another!!

[wolfism]

Interesting site and intricate details – but watch out for dogs?

[sqwasher]

Very nice Skin! This chapel looks excellent with so much remaining but SO much dereliction!
I hope you wiped your boots before you went upstairs!

[Cuban Bloodhound]

Finally got round to this, dunno if this was the time we went with Dazza or not?

Approaching the seminary


Mary and Jesus


Suffering


Redemption


Corridor


Table


Portrait