More information : [SY 69567130] CHAPEL [GT] (Site of) (1)
"It has been reported that there was formerly another church
[besides 58 SE 12 ] on the island; but there is no foundation
for the report". (2)
There was an ecclesiastical type of building in WAKEHAM STREET
which from a painting by UPHAM, executed between 1802 and 1805,
seems to be of the 13thc-14thc. There are no references to it
before the 16thc. Leland says the "Parsonage" was the best
building in PORTLAND, and GROSE writes of the building "It is
pretended to have been the Parsonage House. [But] it is more
probable that it was a small oratory or chapel. "In his list of
antiquity's he includes "Vicar's Chapel at PORTLAND".
It seems probable that the building was a chantry chapel about
the time of the Dissolution the "chapel" at PORTLAND was
converted into the "Parsonage". It was also popularly known as
"the Vicar's house" or vicarage, but never as the Rectory
though the rectors of old ST ANDREW's Ch live there.
It is recorded that the building was burnt down by the
Parliamentary forces. There was a tithe barn near the building
until the mid-19thc.
The "chapel" is now only a fragmentary ruin. It is said that
much was carted away to help in the construction of other
buildings. All that remains is a part of the s. wall; 11ft long
& 15ft high with the lower portion of a window.
There is a buttress at the S.W. angle, and a few fragments of
carved stone built into adjoining walls.(3).
The area is occupied by a cinder track and garden separated
by a drystone wall. There was no trace of antiquity or evidence
of a building. (4)
No surface indication of tithe barn now visible. (5)
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