Standlynch Chapel

This is a private chapel, originally medieval, largely rebuilt in the 17th century and restored between 1859 and 1866 by William Butterfield. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with flint chequers, and has a tiled roof. The plan comprises a nave, chancel, a north chapel, and a south porch. The porch, added by Butterfield, features a timber-framed gable and a double-chamfered doorway. The south side of the nave has two square-headed, two-light cusped windows. The south side of the chancel has a single square-headed, two-light cusped window, and the east end has a three-light Perpendicular-style window. The north side of the nave has two square-headed, two-light cusped windows, and to the left a flat-roofed chapel with an ashlar stack featuring moulded capping, and a two-light pointed window. A coved eaves cornice runs along the nave. The west end has a two-light pointed window above which are heraldic arms, likely of the Bockland Family, with the date 1677. All windows are 19th century. The roof has coped verges on kneelers, and cross finials over the gables.

Inside, the floor is diagonally laid black and white marble. The nave has a plastered wagon roof and wood-panelled walls. A hollow-chamfered pointed chancel arch rests on grouped shafts, and reset 14th-century niches are located either side. The chancel has a panelled wagon roof. There is stained glass of around 1900 in the south and west windows, depicting members of the Nelson family. A large Gothic memorial, crafted from finely grained limestone and featuring a pointed arch, crockets, and pinnacles, is on the north wall of the nave, dedicated to Thomas Nelson, who died in 1835, nephew of Admiral Nelson. A fine, 18th-century rococo marble monument on the south wall is adorned with floral carving and a scrolled pediment with an urn finial; it commemorates Joane Penrodock, Mrs. Bockland, who died in 1689 and restored the church in 1677. A Classical marble tablet on the south wall, created by Osmond of Sarum, is dedicated to Thomas Nelson, who died in 1835.

Little remains of the original medieval church, which was likely built for the now-demolished Standlynch House. Standlynch House was replaced by Trafalgar House in 1733. The Bockland family rebuilt the chapel in 1677. It later became the private chapel of the Nelson family, who were given Standlynch House (renamed Trafalgar House) and were responsible for the 19th-century restoration.