Grasse : Victoria Chapel
Alpes-MaritimesReference
PA06000061
Latitude
43.665278
Longitude
6.934718
Address
65 avenue Victoria 06130 Grasse - France
Construction era
3e quart 19e siècle
Protection date
2021/01/18 : inscrit MH
Protection cause
En totalité, la chapelle Victoria, située 65 avenue Victoria sur la parcelle n°111, figurant au cadastre section AX, telle que délimitée sur le plan annexé à l’arrêté : inscription par arrêté du 18 janvier 2021
Description
The chapel was erected thanks to the Bowes and Booker families, who acquired the land and built the building between 1890 and 1891. The architect George Ashdon Audsley, a friend of the Bowes and active family in Liverpool, was responsible for the project. As with the Saint George church in Cannes, the prime contractor George Russel supervised the work on site. The stained glass windows were ordered by the British crown, while the other glass windows come from the same workshop, Heaton, Butler & Bayne, one of the most renowned in England. In the 20th century, the English presence decreased, first during the First World War, then definitively after the Second World War. In 1970, the chapel was bought by the Protestant church, which reused it.
