King's College Chapel
View from west end towards screen
Part of the great fan vault - 1512 - 1515
Organ case (1686 - 1688) and fan vault
The Adoration of the Magi by Rubens beneath the East Window.
Brass lectern (1515) and oak screen. The screen was a gift from Henry VIII.
Brass lectern (1515), a gift from Robert Hacumblen, Provost 1509 to 1528.
Founded 1441 by Henry VI; first stone laid 1446, completed 1515
East end exterior; details of buttresses & pinnacles
West doorway with three orders of thin colonnettes
South porch with ogee gables, large roundels with arms & supporters
Interior from antechapel showing screen & fan vaulting
Side chapel bay in the Antechapel showing portcullis (Beaufort), Tudor Rose, fleur-de-lis, Welsh Dragon (Tudor) & greyhound (Lady Margaret Beaufort)
Portrayal of Henry VI on lectern with engraved ornament by Robert Hacombleyn, c.1515
Hacombleyn Chapel: c15 glass representing the founder, Henry VI
Robert Hacombleyn 1528; cassock, surplice & almuce
Shield from the brass of Robert Hacombleyn, 1528, showing Five Wounds of Christ
Kings College Chapel
Kings College Chapel
Kings College Chapel
Kings College Chapel
Kings College Chapel
King's Chapel, E end
King's College, Cambridge, February 2015
King's College, Cambridge, February 2015
King's College, Chapel, Cambridge
Entry Name: King's College, Chapel
Listing Date: 26 April 1950
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1139003
English Heritage Legacy ID: 47164
ID on this website: 101139003
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Cambridge
Electoral Ward/Division: Castle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Cambridge
Traditional County: Cambridgeshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Cambridge St Edward King and Martyr
Church of England Diocese: Ely