The Hidden Chapel - St. Lukes
Pick a dry day and some good walking shoes to visit this exquisite fragment of a 13c Cistercian cell and you will be handsomely rewarded. The chapel is only 32 x 18 ft., but beautifully sited in a wood above a small ravine. The building is roofless and all that remains now is the west wall, three tombs, an altar constructed from the debris and an interesting crucifix, with Christ wearing a crown. The tombs are of David and Olga Milne-Watson, who built Ashley Chase House, and a friend.
Notes - How to find the chapel
From Abbotsbury take the B3157 westwards for about 1½ miles, which leads up a steep hill. Towards the top, there is a very minor road (you come upon it rather suddenly) to the right. Take this for about ½ mile. You will come to a fork in the road with a grass verge in the middle: leave your car here. Take the left fork and follow the track for about a mile. Wonderful scenery. On the right there is a style leading into the wood, with a path beyond. This leads directly to the ruin.
Ref | Title | Town | Postcode | Distance |
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St. Gabriel | Morecombelake | DT6 3BS | 0 | |
Old Church | Fleet | 0 | ||
St John the Baptist | Hawkchurch | 0 | ||
St. Michael (redundant) | Winterborne Anderson | 0 | ||
St Andrew | Preston | 0 | ||
Old Church | Compton Abbas | 0 | ||
St. Kenelm | Stanbridge (Hinton Parva) | 0 | ||
St Michael and St George | Lyme Regis | 0 | ||
0 | ||||
Deconsecrated | Farrington | 0 | ||
St Michael and All Angels | Gussage St Michael | 0 | ||
The Memorial Chapel | Kings Stag | 0 | ||
0 | ||||
The Hidden Chapel - St. Lukes | Abbotsbury | 0 | ||
All Saints | Portland | DT5 1HG | 3493 | |
St. George | Portland | DT5 1BX | 3493 | |
St. Aldhem's Chapel | Worth Matravers | BH19 3LR | 3494 | |
St. Aldhem's Chapel | Worth Matravers | BH19 3LN | 3494 | |
St George | Langton Matravers | BH19 3HZ | 3496 | |
St. James | Kingston | BH20 5LL | 3497 |
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