The chapel was probably built by the Brockhamptons around 1180. The octagonal font was carved from a single block of stone about the same date. The Domultons inserted the large east window, probably at the time they were building Lower Brockhampton House. The graveyard contains numerous burials – perhaps the remains of the inhabitants of the lost village. The gravestones that are still legible commemorate Richard Barneby (d.1719) and his wife Isabella (d.1726). The chapel had been abandoned by 1799, when Jon Barneby built a new estate church by the drive to his father’s new house. The old chapel was swallowed up by the adjacent farmyard, being relegated the status of a barn.*
*From Brockhampton Estate guide book (revised 2015)
Interesting but the poles are they for growing beans.
Coffee is on
I am not sure, they could possibly be Sweet Peas.
It makes an interesting ruin in the garden, but what a shame it isn’t intact, Cherie
It would be nice to see it how it was in it’s day, but it does add to the atmosphere of the place today.
Definitely a photo op if I ever saw one, Cherry!
The place is full of photo opportunities. I we didn’t even get to go on the walks due to the rain!
There’s something vaguely spooky about “the lost village”.
They is a project being undertaken to see if they can find it.
Don’t let ‘renovators’ see this. It would be a sad day to see this on Grand Designs. There has to be a place kept for such old examples of heritage to fade quietly and with dignity and simply blend into the background.
It is rather in keeping with the setting, surrounded by the lovely countryside
i imagine it was a pleasant walk all around the place, CP
It was a nice relaxing afternoon
There are still so many places that I haven’t been to in England!?
You and me both