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All that remains of the original furnishings is an older masonry altar slab and an altar stone.

On the altar stone sits a priceless treasure, a stone Pieta carved in the characteristic delicate style of the chivalric Gothic period of the second decade of the 15 century, which has unfortunately lost its original polychromatic covering and [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 14th 2016

The chapel takes its name from the beautiful heads of angels which decorate the vault. They were painted in around 1240 by Master William, the King’s Painter, and restored 1959-60.

8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2014

…lies an older place of worship.

10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2014

All students who attend Winchester college are required to attend Sunday services in the chapel.

The guide who took us round the college explained that the main window in the church was a replica. The original had gone for cleaning and those undertaking the operation damaged some of the pains of glass. So they made a [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 9th 2014

The chapel lies below the main entrance stairway. In the middle ages it could only be entered from the outside through a small door to the left of the stairs. The chapel consists of a small nave set at right angles to the chancel, and was partly restored by John Dobson in 1848. It is now entered [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 9th 2013

14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 3rd 2012

From the guidebook:

The chapel has been in existence since the 12th century when Alice de Romille, Lady of Skipton Castle, granted the chaplain an allowance for gowns and food which was payable at Christmas.  The chapel is dedicated to St John the Evangelist and was reserved for the use of the lord and lady of [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2011

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