Chapel and Titchfield Library

A mid-18th century service wing, originally designed as college offices and now used as a chapel and library, stands within Welbeck Abbey. Constructed by the mason William Birch, the building is of ashlar construction with a copper roof, featuring five decorative ashlar stacks. The roofline is characterised by stone coped gables with decorative finials and ornate clock cupolas, along with a damaged embattled parapet and a raised eaves band. The building sits on a plinth.

The two-storey, fifteen-bay facade features a central doorway, approached by a part-glazed door within an ashlar surround flanked by fixed lights. Above the door is a fanlight in a similar surround with a glazed arch. This central section is framed by a vermiculated rusticated surround with a bracketed keystone and flanked by iron lamp brackets. To the right of the entrance are six glazing bar sash windows and a doorway with a panelled double door and a glazing bar overlight. To the left are five glazing bar sash windows, a similar doorway, and a further sash window. Above are fifteen glazing bar sash windows. Most openings are set within raised ashlar eared architraves. The west gable has a central arched doorway with a large decorative double door and a rusticated arch with a keystone. This is flanked by two rusticated piers supporting a flat canopy and further doorways with rusticated surrounds and keystones. The east gable features a centrally positioned doorway with a partially blocked decorative arched entrance. Imposts support a moulded arch with a keystone, flanked by rusticated piers supporting a frieze. Above is a broken segmental pediment rising to support a smaller pediment, the space between incorporating a single oval fixed light. Flanking the pediment are single glazing bar sashes, with varying sizes on each floor, all within raised ashlar surrounds. The gable also features a single oval fixed light with a raised ashlar surround and keystones at each of the four cardinal points. Projecting from the front are single coped walls with recessed arches and keystones, terminating in vermiculated rusticated and decorated piers topped with four orbs supporting an obelisk. To the right is a similar wall, pier, and respond, topped with single orbs.