Abbey Chapel of Our Lady at the Gate, Merevale

1 Large chancel with aisles and short nave minus aisles, modern porches occupying the site of the S aisle. The existing building was the gatehouse chapel of the Abbey and is perhaps the best existing example of this kind of chapel. The chancel is part 14th century and partly rebuilt c1500, with arcades of that date. The nave is 13th century, with arcades of that date, later filled in to provide the walls of the existing nave. There is a modern bell turret. A rood screen with enriched gallery, now at the W end, is probably 15th century and may have come from the Abbey church. Monuments and good Medieval glass including a 14th century Tree of Jesse (restored).
2 Details in the Chapel of the Gatehouse were evidently removed from the Abbey church, including a curious wooden loft. Some ancient painted glass and a number of monuments.
3 Noted in VCH.
4 Noted in Buildings of England.