Torbay Hospital Chapel

Torbay Hospital Chapel is a hospital chapel that opened in 1930, with rainwater heads dated 1928. It was designed by Charles Holden and is constructed of freestone ashlar with exceptionally fine joints, topped with an original scantle slate roof. The chapel is built in a late 17th century style with a puritan character. It is attached to the neo-Georgian main blocks of the hospital, which were completed in 1928, and features a lobby bay. The chapel consists of a four-bay nave and chancel, with a projecting south-east porch and a south-west organ chamber. The east end has rounded corners and is designed in a classical style.

The exterior is severe yet nicely detailed, featuring a stepped plinth and a pedimented gable at the west end. The east end has recessed rounded corners and a plain parapet. The flat-roofed porch has a moulded doorway with a keyblock and rounded recessed corners, which are also present on the organ chamber. The sides of the chapel have shallow banding, with slightly recessed centers. Round-headed windows in the nave are glazed with leaded panes of thick opaque glass. The low lobby at the west end includes a segmental-headed doorway on the south side and an original two-leaf segmental-headed door in a late 17th century style, featuring two large fielded panels on each leaf.

Inside, the chapel has a coved roof of exposed timbers in the nave and a full set of original oak fittings, including an altar, reredos, pulpit with carved heads, benches, and a panelled dado. The round-headed east window is filled with stained glass, depicting biblical scenes of healing, although the style is somewhat old-fashioned for its date.