Tait Chapel, Fulham Palace
Tait Chapel, Fulham Palace
The Tait Chapel is the Grade II episcopal chapel at Fulham Palace, the former residence of the Bishops of London, a Gothic Revival aisleless chapel of 1866–67 by William Butterfield for Bishop Archibald Campbell Tait.
- Location
- Fulham Palace, Greater London
- Country
- England
- County
- Greater London
- City / town
- Fulham Palace
- Address
- Fulham Palace, Fulham Palace, Greater London, SW6 6EA
- Postcode
- SW6 6EA
- Built
- 1866–67
- Consecrated
- 1867
- Architect
- William Butterfield
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Holy Trinity
- Diocese
- London
- Parish
- All Saints, Fulham
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Gothic Revival (Decorated)
- Materials
- English-bond red brick with blue-header diaper work; gabled tile roof
- Grid reference
- TQ 240 760
- Opening hours
- Summer: 12.30pm to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday 12pm to 5pm Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Winter: 12.30pm to 3.30pm Monday to Thursday 12pm to 4pm Sunday.
- Access
- Non-accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby. Accessible toilets in church
- Website
- http://www.fulhampalace.org/
Overview
This is the fourth known chapel on the palace site. Tait found the Great Hall an unsatisfactory unconsecrated chapel and commissioned Butterfield; the new chapel, dedicated to the Blessed Trinity, was consecrated in 1867 at a cost of £1,869. Historic England lists it separately from the Grade I palace (NHLE 1286903): English-bond red brick with blue-header diaper work, a gabled old-tile roof, Decorated-style windows and an aisleless plan (NHLE 1358570; listed 7 May 1954, formerly under Bishops Avenue). Bomb damage in the Second World War led to a 1950s reordering for Bishop William Wand: Salviati mosaics were covered by murals of 1953 by Brian Thomas and students of the Byam Shaw School; the Adoration of the Magi reredos was reset at the west end; Ninian Comper supplied a 1956 east window. The west window by Clayton and Bell survived. The palace itself ceased to be the bishop’s house in 1973; the chapel remains consecrated and is reached from the public palace.