Memorial Chapel

The Memorial Chapel, completed in 1889 by the Farnham firm of Tompsett and Kingham, is a cemetery chapel that later became a museum. It is designed in the Gothic style and constructed from Bath stone rubble with ashlar dressings and a tiled roof, which was renewed in the 20th century, retaining some terracotta ridge tiles. The chapel has a rectangular plan with two bays, measuring 25 feet long and 14 feet wide.

On the exterior, the gabled ends feature kneelers and a cross-shaped saddlestone on the east gable. The south entrance front includes a pointed arched window on the left and an arched doorcase on the right, which contains a double plank door with ornamental hinges. The building has a plinth and three buttresses, while the west window is traceried. The north side has two pointed arched windows, and the east window is a simpler triple lancet design with a higher central window.

Inside, the chapel has an arch-braced roof with three tiers of purlins, an original wooden pulpit, dado panelling in the northeast corner, and a surviving pew. The 1920s stained glass windows were provided by Henry Morris Chester from Poyle Park as a memorial to the men of Ash, Wyke, and Normandy who were killed in the Great War. The east window depicts Jonathan, Joshua, and Abijah, including a giant with six fingers and toes, while the west window shows Benaiah, Abishai, and Jashobeam. The south side features another window depicting Jonathan, and the north wall displays St Michael and Absolam.

Historically, the chapel served as a mortuary chapel until around 1977, after which it was used for storage before becoming the Ash and District Local History Museum. It remains a little altered late 19th-century mortuary chapel with memorial stained glass windows dedicated to local men who died in the Great War.