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The Chapel

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At the west end of the Chapel is a row of original stalls with carved misericord seats, the other seats facing north and south. A service of Holy Communion is taken here by the Confrater every week to which visitors are welcome. 

There has been no Warden since 1987, and the Warden’s House is let for offices. The magnificent stained glass windows are contemporary with the building and full details of these may he found in the Blue Guide on sale at the ticket desk. The glass was removed, cleaned and the original arrangement as far as possible restored and replaced in 1967, with the aid of a grant from the Pilgrim Trust. In 2001 it was thought necessary to place guards over the outside to protect the glass from missiles. For this, help was received from the Manifold Trust.

The altar slab is of Barnack ragstone and bears its five consecration crosses. It was hidden in the paving during a period of religious intolerance and rediscovered and replaced only in 1925. The fifteenth century cope-chair was designed with a semi-circular back around which a seated priest could drape his vestment to avoid creasing it. A second, similar, chair disappeared in the nineteenth century building work.

The reredos was painted in 1919 to commemorate the Golden Wedding of the then Warden and his wife and restored in memory of Robin Lowe, for many years Clerk to the Governors.

The kneelers were designed by Pam Sharp and worked with the collaboration of residents and friends of the Hospital.
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