---
title: "Tait Chapel, Fulham Palace"
description: "Located in Fulham Palace, Greater London. Built 1866–67. Diocese of London. Grade II. Gothic Revival (Decorated) style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Greater London","Fulham","Grade II","Gothic Revival","William Butterfield","Palace chapel"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/tait-chapel-fulham-palace"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:42:36.098Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T16:06:53.170Z"
location: "Fulham Palace, Greater London"
country: "England"
county: "Greater London"
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"
dedications: ["Holy Trinity"]
diocese: "London"
grade: "II"
style: "Gothic Revival (Decorated)"
materials: "English-bond red brick with blue-header diaper work; gabled tile roof"
website: "http://www.fulhampalace.org/"
openingHours: "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."
parish: "All Saints, Fulham"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1358570"
gridReference: "TQ 240 760"
accessNotes: "Non-accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby. Accessible toilets in church"
---

# 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.

## 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.

## Further Information

- [Fulham Palace](http://www.fulhampalace.org/)
- [Historic England list entry 1358570](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1358570)
- [Wikipedia: Fulham Palace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham_Palace)