The Chapel, Gray's Inn Square is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Chapel. 5 related planning applications.

The Chapel, Gray's Inn Square

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1951
Type
Chapel
OS grid reference
TQ 310 817
Coordinates
51.51937, -0.11235
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chapel at Gray's Inn Square is a chapel built around 1955 by Sir Edward Maufe, which incorporates fabric from a 17th-century building that was bombed during the Second World War. The structure has been extended to the east and features a new bellcote. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and has a tiled roof with an octagonal bellcote and clock at the west end. The chapel is a single storey with a five-bay rectangular plan and no aisles. The north facade is the only visible side, showcasing three three-light windows and a doorway designed in a 16th-century style at the west end.

Inside, the chapel has a three-bay nave and a narrower two-bay chancel and sanctuary. The roof is made of concrete with ribbing, and the chancel features trabeated panels. The east window of the chancel is a five-light cusped traceried window filled with reset glass dating from around 1895. There is an organ in an elaborate case with carved decoration, and three nave windows with three-light cusped tracery also contain reset glass from 1895, commemorating four Archbishops of Canterbury associated with Gray's Inn. The chancel stalls, altar, floor, and other fittings were all designed by Maufe around 1955, including a pulpit, lectern, and pews made of maple wood donated by the Canadian Bar Association. A three-light window in the south-east corner of the nave looks onto an internal passage and features capitals in Maufe's distinctive style. Pendant hanging lights from around 1955 are also present. The chapel includes war memorials dedicated to the fallen benchers of both World Wars and forms a cohesive composition with the Hall, serving as the centerpiece of Gray's Inn.

Local climate

The Chapel, Gray's Inn Square sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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