The upper floor of a brick building in the grounds of Harvington was converted into a chapel in 1743. The chapel is accessed by an external staircase.
In 1823 this was badly damaged by fire and the original altar of oak was destroyed, together with some chalices and other relics which had been found inside it a few months before. After repairs it became the village school until 1913. iN 1986-7 it was restored and reopened for worship. It now contains a Georgian chamber-organ, altar and rails. Into the altar is set the original cracked and fire-blackened altar-stone. The altar-piece is the 17th-century Virgin and Child with Saints after Baroccio. In the sacristy is a Regency vestment-press which probably came from the chapel at Grafton Manor, just outside Bromsgrove. To the left of the chapel door is a school desk with registers of 1893-4, a photograph of the teacher, Miss Mary Kellerd, and the class taken about 1890, attendance certificates of 1904-5 and some Victorian school-books.*
*From the Harvington Hall guidebook by Michael Hodgetts
Preserving such things is almost a full time job.
I think it is a full time job
the interior is slightly on the subdued side, but the exterior is very attractive, CP.
The inside is practical rather than ornate.