Basic Site Details | Name: | Stowe School Chapel | | Town, district or village: | Stowe | | City or county: | Buckinghamshire | | Country: | England | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | | Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Chapel | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1927 | | | Competition. Won competition to secure job. New chapel and all internal woodwork reusing columns of temple by Kent and some fittings from chapel within house | | 1927 | | Design exhibited | |
PeopleDesign and Construction| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | | A | 1927 | 1929 | Won competition to secure job. New chapel and all internal woodwork reusing columns of temple by Kent and some fittings from chapel within house | | John Fraser Matthew | | A | 1927 | After 1931 | Won competition to secure job. New chapel and all internal woodwork reusing columns of temple by Kent and some fittings from chapel within house | | Lorimer & Matthew | | A | 1927 | After 1931 | Won competition to secure job. New chapel and all internal woodwork reusing columns of temple by Kent and some fittings from chapel within house |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this building: | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Royal Academy exhibitors | | | | | 1927, no 1237; 1928, no 1352 | | RSA | 1928 | | | | 592 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p178 |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 2 August 1929 | | | p 178 - notes. Illustrations - p174 chancel, p179, exterior p180, nave, p181 interior |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR XSD/40 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Fraser Matthew: L no3904 (box 18) & F no2945 (box 14) |
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