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Key Image Tunstall Chapel, Durham Castle
Palace Green
DH1 3RW Durham
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Geogr. Coordinates: 54.77552° N, 1.57612° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1540
Building type: Chapel
Description: Single-nave chapel from the Tudor period; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986 (Durham Castle and Cathedral)
Name derivation: From its builder, bishop Cuthbert Tunstall
Noteworthy
  • Misericords (early 16th cent., older than the building itself)
  • Portrait of a bishop with repeatedly overpainted rosary (due to the turns in the history of the English reformation)
History:
1540:   Built under bishop Cuthbert Tunstall
1837:   Conversion to university chapel at the time of the founding of the University of Durham in Durham Castle
Important persons:
Builder:  Tunstall, Cuthbert (1474–1559, Bishop of London 1522–1530, Prince-bishop of Durham 1530–1552 and 1556–1559)
Sources
Durham World Heritage Site: The Tunstall Chapel, http://www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/architecture/castle/intro/north-range/tunstall-chapel, retrieved 08/11/2017
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