| Print | More

CHAPEL OF ST PETER

ABOUT THIS MONUMENT

+ / -

EH Visitor Information
Related Monuments
Related Text
Investigation History

More Pictures
Modern Map
Old Map
Aerial Photograph

Monument Types
Sources
Thesaurus
Description

DESCRIPTION

+ / -

The remains of the chapel of St Peter and a Benedictine alien priory/grange belonging to Mont St Michel are incorporated in Marlborough Hotel. Founded in the reign of William I and suppressed in 1414. This became a Bridgettine grange of Syon Abbey from circa 1431 to 1540. Most of the chapel was demolished in 1805.

PICTURES

+ / -

DETAIL

+ / -

MORE INFORMATION & SOURCES

+ / -

An alien priory of Benedictine monks at Sidmouth (SY 1287) was founded by William 1st and dissolved about 1414, its possession being acquired by Syon Abbey before 1540. It was subordinate to Mont St. Michel and attached to the alien cell at Otterton (SY 08 NE 17) in whose records it is described as a manor grange. (1)

The site of an ancient chapel of St. Peter attached to a cell of Otterton Priory is now occupied by Marlborough Hotel, Nos. 1 & 2 The Esplanade, Sidmouth. Patches of old stonework can still be seen. (2)

St. Peter's Chapel, which is mentioned in a deed of 1322, latterly incorporated in the Anchor Inn, was pulled down in 1805. In 1878 the southeast corner of the building behind Marlborough Place and over thirty-two feet of wall running westwards was revealed briefly during replastering. Mr. Heineken, who examined it, thought that it was part of the chapel of St. Peter. The wall still stood to a height of eleven feet and was twenty-six inches thick. (3)

The wall at ST 12628726 has been restored and pointed outside, and a plaque on it reads "This wall formed part of the south-east corner of the Ancient Chapel of St. Peter, cited in a deed of 1322 as an old and well known landmark". The interior face of the wall now part of a restaurant, is covered by modern panelling except in one place. (4)

SOURCE TEXT

( 1a) General reference

Mon Diec Exon 1846 248 note (V G Oliver)

( 1) by David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1971 Medieval religious houses in England and Wales

Page(s)85, 92

( 2) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE Listed Buildings Sidmouth UD 1973 p50

( 3) General reference

Sidmouth Historical Guide 1926 (P O Hutchinson)

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FDC 16-APR-50

RELATED MONUMENTS

+ / -

Monument Name/No

Resources

Description

SYON ABBEY

Monument Pictures
Monument Maps
Monument Investigation
Monument Sources
EH Visitor Information

The site of the Bridgettine double house of Syon Abbey, the only Bridgettine abbey in Medieval England. The abbey belonged to the order established by...

OTTERTON PRIORY
OTTERTON

Monument Pictures
Monument Maps
Monument Investigation
Monument Sources
EH Visitor Information

An alien priory of Benedictine (Black) monks is believed to have stood to the east of the present church of St. Michael at Otterton (SY 08008516). It ...

MONUMENT TYPES

+ / -

COMMENTS

+ / -

Please help us keep our information accurate let us know if you see any errors on this page.

Further information about monuments may be obtained by contacting NMR Enquiry and Research Services , through the English Heritage website.

EH Archives
EH Prints
English Heritage
Heritage Explorer
Heritage Gateway
Images of England
National Heritage List for England
English Heritage Archive
ViewFinder