Black Chapel, or more particularly North End, was missed by Mee and his researchers but a quick Google reveals that this is a rare wood framed medieval chapel with priest house attached. Sadly viewing is by appointment only (a phrase I would more closely associate with estate agents rather than ecclesiastical circles) which I didn't have; so I took an exterior and went off to the more welcoming St Andrew at Barnston.
BLACK CHAPEL. The
rare case of a surviving entirely timber framed ecclesiastical
building, and also the rare case of a medieval chapel with attached
priest’s house. The chapel was of nave and chancel in one, the house is
set to the W at r. angles and projects to the N. In the house are two
original windows and remains of the roof. The chapel inside looks lovely
- not in the original but in an early C19 way. Gothick window
casements; on the S side the windows rise into dormers in the roof. Box
pews, and a W gallery with a tiny organ on it. SCREEN. Humble C15 work.
- BENCHES. A complete set of simple design.
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