Borbach Chantry
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Borbach Chantry, West Dean
, Salisbury
, England was built in 1333. It has been designated by English Heritage
as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church
in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
. It was declared redundant on 5 October 1971, and was vested
in the Trust on 19 January 1973.
The chapel was built of flint
with limestone
dressings, about 1333 by Robert de Borbach as part of a fourteenth century parish church, but is all that remains. When the church was demolished in 1868 the arcade
which connected the chapel to the church was walled up and a new south porch added.
The chapel contains a series of monuments, including those to the parliamentarian John Evelyn
who died in 1684 and his family. Other memorials are to the Pierrepont family who inherited the adjacent manor house from him, which has since been demolished.
West Dean, Wiltshire
West Dean is a small village in Wiltshire, England. The village was mentioned in the Cartularium saxonicum for the year 880 as Deone, as Duene in the Domesday Book, as Westdone in 1265, and as Westdune in 1270....
, Salisbury
Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
, England was built in 1333. It has been designated by English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church
Redundant church
A redundant church is a church building that is no longer required for regular public worship. The phrase is particularly used to refer to former Anglican buildings in the United Kingdom, but may refer to any disused church building around the world...
in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
Churches Conservation Trust
The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968...
. It was declared redundant on 5 October 1971, and was vested
Vesting
In law, vesting is to give an immediately secured right of present or future enjoyment. One has a vested right to an asset that cannot be taken away by any third party, even though one may not yet possess the asset. When the right, interest or title to the present or future possession of a legal...
in the Trust on 19 January 1973.
The chapel was built of flint
Flint
Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...
with limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
dressings, about 1333 by Robert de Borbach as part of a fourteenth century parish church, but is all that remains. When the church was demolished in 1868 the arcade
Arcade (architecture)
An arcade is a succession of arches, each counterthrusting the next, supported by columns or piers or a covered walk enclosed by a line of such arches on one or both sides. In warmer or wet climates, exterior arcades provide shelter for pedestrians....
which connected the chapel to the church was walled up and a new south porch added.
The chapel contains a series of monuments, including those to the parliamentarian John Evelyn
John Evelyn (Parliamentarian)
Sir John Evelyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660.Evelyn was the son of George Evelyn of West Dean, a clerk in Chancery, and his wife Elizabeth Rivers, daughter of Sir John Rivers of Chafford, Kent...
who died in 1684 and his family. Other memorials are to the Pierrepont family who inherited the adjacent manor house from him, which has since been demolished.