Description

TQ 2980 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER MARLBOROUGH ROAD, ST.
81/46 JAMES'S SW1

Queen's Chapel

- I

Built as a Catholic chapel. Begun 1623 and largely completed
1626-27, by Inigo Jones, refurnished for Catherine of Braganza 1662-
c. 1680. Brick, rendered from the outset to look like stone, with
Portland dressings, slate roof. Plain rectangular box with pedimented
gable ends. 3 main windows, the centre one arched to West end and
broad Venetian window to East end. Pedimented windows to North and
South sides. Very fine interior with elliptical painted and gilded
coffered vault with furnishing principally of Wren's time but
retaining Jones's Royal Pew in the West gallery with its large
chimneypiece and the communion rail also to his design etc.

History of the King's Works
Iniqo Jones; John Summerson
R. C. H. M.

Listing NGR: TQ2940580094

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Queen's Chapel at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7269945

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)