The earliest part of the  Bishop’s Palace in Wells was built in 1206 by Bishop Jocelyn, who also built a two storey chapel on this site. Some years later between 1275 and 1292 Bishop Burnell used the existing foundations to change the chapel into the single storey building we see today. In the nineteenth century a second storey was added to the Palace building and the chapel parapets were raised to keep the Chapel in proportion.

To celebrate the eight hundred years since Bishop Jocelyn was granted land to build a Palace in Wells in 1206, a new altar and presidential chair were commissioned.

The celtic knot design represents reconciliation and connectedness.

The altar stone is engraved with the words: ‘God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself and he has given to us the ministry of reconciliation.’ (2 Corinthians 5.18)

*information taken from the The Chapel of the Holy Trinity and St Mark information booklet