National Trust Sandham Memorial Chapel

Website http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-sandhammemorialchapel/

Classification Historic Building

DescriptionA red-brick chapel built in the 1920s for the artisit Stanley Spencer to place his visionary paintings.

Sandham Memorial Chapel is in the village of Burghclere, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed 1920s decorated chapel, designed by Lionel Pearson to house war paintings. The chapel surrounded by lawns and orchards, with views of Watership Down. It is now run by the National Trust and is open to the public.

The chapel is mainly known for its murals by the 20th-century English artist Stanley Spencer from Cookham, inspired by his experience of World War I. He was influenced by Giotto’s Arena Chapel murals in Padua, Italy. The murals took five years to complete and are considered to be amongst his finest work.
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Position

The Address1 Sandham Cottages, Harts Lane, Burghclere, Newbury, RG20 9JT

Phone01635 278394

DateOct 19, 2006

Contact Name

CategoryEngland > Hampshire
England > Berkshire > Attractions in Newbury

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