Memorial details

Memorial type
Chapel or Church: Freestanding building
District
Medina
Town
Carisbrooke (Newport)
County
Isle Of Wight
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
99045

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Current location

Chapel of St Nicholas in Castro Carisbrooke Castle
Castle Hill
Carisbrooke (Newport)
Medina
Isle Of Wight
P030 1XZ
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 48647 87784
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A narrow rectangular building with walls of irregular buff coloured stones and a pitched roof of red tiles . On each flank wall are two windows divided into three lights with trefoil shaped heads and smaller lights above with a five light window at one end . Some windows are of plain glass and others stained and painted . In the interior there are a number of War Memorials ,the two most prominent consist of groups of vertical tablets inset into the walls of the building . At one end is the altar above which is a painted depiction of Christ Crucified surrounded by Angels and above that a five light stained glass window . The panelled ceiling is richly decorated in patterns of roses , flowers and mottos with the ceiling bosses being carved and painted . The organ pipes are also painted. The Chapel building was dedicated as the County War Memorial in 1929 and there is evidence that the two most prominent War memorials within the chapel were included in the Dedication .
Inscription
The Chapel was dedicated as the County War Memorial in 1929 - exact wording of the dedication is not known .
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Chapel
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone, Wood, Metal
Listing information
Condition
History
the Building was dedicated as a War memorial in 1929
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
English Heritage

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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