The Hanging Chapel, Langport
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Hanging Chapel, Langport by Maigheach-gheal as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
The Hanging Chapel, Langport
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 20 May 2010
Gateway with chapel over. The structure has parts that are 13th century in origin but what is seen today dates mostly from the 15th century. Restoration was carried out in 19th century. The Chantry Chapel of Blessed Virgin Mary, was mentioned in documents of 1344, it became the Town Hall in 1596-1600, Langport Grammar School 1706-c1790, then an arms store, a Sunday School, and private uses until it was leased as a Masonic Lodge in 1891. It is still used today as the Masonic Lodge.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.037221
Longitude
-2.823482