Sujet

Bar Convent, Blossom Street, York, 1942. Creator: George Bernard Wood.

Légende

Bar Convent, Blossom Street, York, 1942. An interior view of the Bar Convent Chapel, looking towards the domed sanctuary from underneath a round-headed gallery arch. The chapel is part of the convent and school of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The chapel block dates to 1766-1769 and is situated south-east of the convent. The chancel is domed and has an Ionic rotunda of eight columns. The nave has three bays, with a north and south transept at the eastern end. To the west is an organ gallery supported by an arcade of three round-headed arches. It has a wrought-iron balustrade, and underneath are panelled double doors.

Date

1942

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_160

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68,4Mo (3,2Mo) / 34,0cm x 50,4cm / 4018 x 5949 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building England interior religious architecture archway arch York country religion British English chairs dome chapel seating Christian Christianity chair location century convent Britain inside furniture georgian sanctuary North Yorkshire B&W 1940s Forties Architectural Feature Indoors black & white black and white B W 18th century 20th century Eighteenth Century decade nunnery TGN photograph domed Historic England George Bernard Wood Wood George Bernard Bar Convent