Pilgrimage Chapel Need seeks Comfort

Pilgrimage chapel Nood seeks Comfort at the intersection with the Biestmolenstraat. Large eclectic road chapel, according to memorial stone built inside by the J. Van Durme-Van der Bauwede family on 23 May 1933, replacing an older chapel from the third quarter of the 19th century. Strikingly elaborate masonry bandage. Façade with three gable tops, middle one with bluestone cross. Wooden clung pointed arch door with iron fittings encased in brick frame. Above it bluestone with the inscription "need seeks comfort". In side facades pointed arch windows with stained glass and delineating mouse teeth.
Inside: tiled floor with stylized blue floral pattern; wooden pointed barrel vault painted with four cross motifs; masonry altar with three painted niches with calvary in the middle and band with inscription on either side, on altar Nood Godsbeeld from the studio Bressers (Ghent) and on consoles aside statues of Saint Joseph and Sacred Heart of Jesus, also from the Bressers studio. Above altar painted band with "e.g. comforter of the printed".

Source: https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/45243

Rudy Wuyts