Former Dockyard Chapel

The Former Dockyard Chapel, built between 1830 and 1832, is a late Georgian chapel designed by George Ledwell Taylor, who served as Civil Architect to the Navy from 1824 to 1837. This building features unpainted stucco with minimal limestone ashlar details and a slate roof behind parapets, topped by a domed square west tower. The west front is approached by a broad flight of nine granite steps, flanked by massive square blocks.

The façade has a projecting three-bay center with pilasters, an entablature, and a pediment. The cornice moulding of the entablature and pediment is made of stone. Above the three doors, there are three blank panels, with the central door being larger and featuring a moulded architrave and cornice. The outer doors are narrower, each with moulded architraves and a plain band above, aligned with the main door's cornice. The doors are double and topped with high overlights, each containing four framed lights.

The tower above the pediment has an ashlar base and plain paired pilasters on either side of a louvred rectangular bell-opening, along with an entablature and a semi-circular dome. The main west wall of the chapel is set back and features a plinth, angle pilasters, an entablature, an ashlar band at the sill level of the side windows, and a raking parapet. The sides of the building have five windows each, with pilasters and an ashlar sill-band in between, as well as moulded ashlar surrounds to tall arched windows, which still contain their original iron small-paned glazing.

The east end has a projecting center with an entablature and parapet wrapping around, along with one similar east window that has 20th-century glazing. The plain east gable is located behind this section. There are various 20th-century additions that obscure the lower levels, including a 20th-century door on the south side wall, which disrupts the sill-band.

The chapel is currently derelict, with lead partially removed from the dome. The interior, as of 1981, had plastered walls, fielded panels up to dado level, a plaster ceiling with ornate cornices, and a wooden west gallery. The building is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.