Set of fourteen carved and limed poplar Station of the Cross

Set of fourteen carved and limed poplar Station of the Cross, the largest 62cm.
(Qty: 14)
Provenance: The Chapel, Grace Dieu Manor, Leicestershire.
Grace Dieu Manor was built in 1833 by the Phillips family, with the principal building designed by the architect William Railton (responsible for Nelson's Column). Ambrose Lisle March Phillips de Lisle was a Catholic and exponent of the Gothic Revival style and to that end, the chapel that was part of the original plans was later enlarged by the most prominent Gothic Revival architect and designer of the day - August Welby Northmore Pugin. This enlargement was executed in 1842. Further to this work, Pugin was instructed to work on further aspects of the Estate which were charmingly chronicled by William White in 1846 in his 'History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Leicestershire...', pp342-343:
"In the park, about a mile from the house, upon the summit of one of the highest rocks, a beautiful small chapel has been built, containing two most exquisite and remarkable figures, executed by the celebrated sculptor, Petz of Munich, and representing in painted wood the Blessed Virgin weeping over her divine Son, who has just been taken down from the Cross; the nails being laid at his feet. From this chapel to another rock, called the Calvary, there are placed at intervals, 14 other small chapels, containing representations of the different scenes of Our Saviour's Passion; and on the Calvary Rock, is a large Crucifix 17 feet high. The whole forms a place of Pilgrimage, for the numerous Catholics, on the Garendon and Gracedieu estates. The design of the chapels was given by the celebrated architect Augustus Welby Pugin, Esq., who executed this beautiful work in 1842."
It is feasible that these fourteen Stations of the Cross were the ones housed in the fourteen smaller chapels that linked the main Chapel to the Calvary rock.
Since 1972, the Manor has been the home of Grace Dieu Manor School - an independent Catholic school of the Rosminian order - until its closure in summer 2020.
Sold for £2,300

Set of fourteen carved and limed poplar Station of the Cross, the largest 62cm.

(Qty: 14)

Provenance: The Chapel, Grace Dieu Manor, Leicestershire.

Grace Dieu Manor was built in 1833 by the Phillips family, with the principal building designed by the architect William Railton (responsible for Nelson's Column). Ambrose Lisle March Phillips de Lisle was a Catholic and exponent of the Gothic Revival style and to that end, the chapel that was part of the original plans was later enlarged by the most prominent Gothic Revival architect and designer of the day - August Welby Northmore Pugin. This enlargement was executed in 1842. Further to this work, Pugin was instructed to work on further aspects of the Estate which were charmingly chronicled by William White in 1846 in his 'History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Leicestershire...', pp342-343:

"In the park, about a mile from the house, upon the summit of one of the highest rocks, a beautiful small chapel has been built, containing two most exquisite and remarkable figures, executed by the celebrated sculptor, Petz of Munich, and representing in painted wood the Blessed Virgin weeping over her divine Son, who has just been taken down from the Cross; the nails being laid at his feet. From this chapel to another rock, called the Calvary, there are placed at intervals, 14 other small chapels, containing representations of the different scenes of Our Saviour's Passion; and on the Calvary Rock, is a large Crucifix 17 feet high. The whole forms a place of Pilgrimage, for the numerous Catholics, on the Garendon and Gracedieu estates. The design of the chapels was given by the celebrated architect Augustus Welby Pugin, Esq., who executed this beautiful work in 1842."

It is feasible that these fourteen Stations of the Cross were the ones housed in the fourteen smaller chapels that linked the main Chapel to the Calvary rock.

Since 1972, the Manor has been the home of Grace Dieu Manor School - an independent Catholic school of the Rosminian order - until its closure in summer 2020.