MenuGuild Chapel of The Holy Cross, Warwickshire
The Guild Chapel of The Holy Cross is a 13th-century chapel, with subsequent alterations and additions, located on Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Founded by the Guild of the Holy Cross before 1269, it passed into the control of the town corporation in 1553, when the Guild was suppressed by Edward VI. Around 1490, the chapel was gifted an extensive series of wall-paintings by Hugh Clopton, showing, among others, the Doom, the Allegory of Death, the Life of Adam and St George Slaying the Dragon. They were covered over by John Shakespeare some time in the 1560s-1570s, acting as town chamberlain and in accordance with Elizabeth I's injunction of 1559 to remove "all signs of superstition and idolatry from places of worship". The wall-paintings were rediscovered under limewash in 1804. The chapel is within the council area of Stratford-on-Avon (Warwickshire).
Historic England Grade I Listed 1204554.
Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Warwickshire
Lat, Long: 52.190522,-1.7077546
Grid Reference: SP 2007 5473
Civil Parish: Stratford-upon-Avon CP
Council Area: Stratford-on-Avon CA (Warwickshire CA)
Police Area: Warwickshire PA
GBPN ID: 319689
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Guild_Chapel_of_The_Holy_Cross,_Warwickshire_319689
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Historic England Grade I Listed 1204554.
Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Warwickshire
Lat, Long: 52.190522,-1.7077546
Grid Reference: SP 2007 5473
Civil Parish: Stratford-upon-Avon CP
Council Area: Stratford-on-Avon CA (Warwickshire CA)
Police Area: Warwickshire PA
GBPN ID: 319689
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Guild_Chapel_of_The_Holy_Cross,_Warwickshire_319689
Peruse Warwickshire on Wikishire