Chapel And Library, St Lawrence College

The chapel and library at St Lawrence College were built in 1926 by Sir Aston Webb as a memorial to former students who died in the First World War. The building is constructed in the Gothic style and extends north to south, with the chapel located on the first floor and the school library below, built as an addition to the buildings of 1885. The construction is of brown brick in English bond, featuring stone dressings and a Westmorland slate roof. The north end, which marks the ritual west, has a large gable featuring two tall pilasters, a central rose window, and three trefoil lancet windows below. The south end, the ritual east, has a similar gable with a five-light traceried window within the chapel space, a double mullioned window below, and a corner stone laid on June 18th 1926. The sides have seven bays, though the east side appears with only four externally due to its connection with the 1885 building. The west side has projecting gables with tall lancets to the chapel and triple casement windows below. Central bays are defined by brick buttresses separating paired lancet windows with quatrefoils between, above the chapel, and mainly four-light mullioned and transomed windows below the library. An ogee-headed square cupola with a finial sits atop a corner turret on the east side, bearing the date 1926.

Inside the chapel, the layout features a single-bay sanctuary to the south (ritual east) and a north (ritual west) balcony arranged in a collegiate style. It incorporates a ribbed stone vault supported by C13 style pillars. A marble wall memorial commemorates old boys who fell in the war. Oak panelling runs to window height, complemented by a glazed screen with five round-headed arches beneath the balcony. Elaborate carved oak choir stalls are present, alongside plainer seating for the congregation. Linenfold detailing adorns the triple sedilia, while bronze railings enclose the altar. A stained glass window of 1981 depicting Christ with Angels, designed by John Piper and Patrick Reytiens, is found in the south (ritual east) window. A 1982 stained glass design depicting a flaming cross by Patrick Reytiens graces the north (ritual west) window. The library is accessed via half-glazed doors.